Willem Dafoe on the "Playful, Goofy Aesthetic" of Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Willem Dafoe chats with THR at the London red carpet premiere of director Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' and dishes on the "playful, goofy aesthetic" of the film.

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00:00And had you worked with Tim Burton before?

00:02No, no, and that was a big draw. I mean, I've followed him for years and I really like his

00:07movies. He's contributed a lot to movies, so when he asked me to do something, even

00:13if I'm not exactly sure what it's going to be, I was happy to sign on.

00:18And tell me a little bit about your character. What can you reveal to Beetlejuice fans?

00:25Listen, they should see the movie. I don't want to tell them what it is, but basically

00:29I've said it before, I'm basically a cop in the afterlife. But in life, before I died,

00:38I was a B-action movie star. And so this affords me the possibility to make fun of myself a

00:48little bit, because the narcissism of actors, things like that, are kind of played within

00:55this.

00:56And in your recent films, you seem to be having a lot of make-up, cool things going on.

01:00Yeah, make-up, make-up, make-up.

01:02Why is that?

01:03I don't know. People want to mess me up, I guess.

01:07How long did it take?

01:08They want to throw me a curveball. It took a while, because each piece is painted. And

01:14you know, that's another one of the pleasures of the movie, is all the low-tech effects.

01:19It's really hand-made stuff. It's really artisanal. It's not a lot of stuff that's done in post.

01:27So it's fun, because it has a kind of playful, goofy aesthetic. But yeah, it still sticks

01:38with the horror genre in some respects.

01:40Helps you get into character.

01:41Yeah.

01:44Yeah.

01:45Yeah.

01:46Yeah.

01:47Yeah.

01:48Yeah.

Willem Dafoe on the "Playful, Goofy Aesthetic" of Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' | THR Video

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