Beetlejuice 2’s New Dead Character Can Perfectly Pay Off 1 Disgusting Moment From Tim Burton’s Original Movie

Monica Bellucci’s new character in Beetlejuice 2 could turn out to be connected to a gross moment from the original movie. In addition to bringing back a few original actors like Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz, the cast of Beetlejuice 2 features compelling new faces as the Deetz family’s story continues. So far, the major new actors and characters in the long-awaited Tim Burton sequel are confirmed to include Justin Theroux as Rory, Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter Astrid, Willem Dafoe as an afterlife detective, and Monica Bellucci as Beetlejuice’s wife.

Of the new characters confirmed ahead of Beetlejuice 2’s 2024 release, the most mysterious is Monica Bellucci as the unnamed wife, or seemingly ex-wife, of Michael Keaton’s long-dead character. No official images have been released of Bellucci in the upcoming horror-comedy, but she was included in exclusive footage of Beetlejuice 2’s extended trailer from CinemaCon. The footage reiterates that Bellucci’s character is dead, has more of a zombified appearance akin to Keaton’s poltergeist, and is featured in the world of Beetlejuice’s afterlife, but little else is known about her role in the sequel. However, her introduction may be able to explain one gross moment from the 1988 original Beetlejuice movie.

Beetlejuice’s Detached Finger & Ring Might Actually Belong To Monica Bellucci’s Sequel Character

Beetlejuice reused a ring from an unknown finger in the 1988 movie

At the end of Beetlejuice, the titular character devises a plan to marry 16-year-old Lydia Deetz in order to remain in the realm of the living. During the wedding sequence, Michael Keaton’s character is asked to procure a ring, at which point he pulls out a severed female finger with a wedding ring still on it. While Lydia has a disgusted look on her face, Beetlejuice remarks, “She meant nothing to me. Nothing at all!” Beetlejuice never elaborates on whose finger it is and whether the ring belonged to his ex-wife or someone he had hardly known, so this moment could finally receive an explanation through Monica Bellucci’s Beetlejuice 2 character.

If Monica Bellucci shows up in Beetlejuice 2 missing her left ring finger and the accompanying wedding ring, then it’ll be clear that the unidentified finger in 1988’s Beetlejuice belonged to her character. Since Bellucci is playing Beetlejuice’s ex-wife, it would also clarify that the ring he gave to Lydia belonged to his former spouse, and that he certainly lied when he said that she “meant nothing” to him. Bellucci potentially having a missing finger would also imply a more disturbing end to the couple’s marriage, suggesting one of them cut off her finger as a signal of their separation or divorce.

On the other hand, Monica Bellucci could appear in Beetlejuice 2 with all 10 digits on her hands, which would lead to far more questions related to Beetlejuice’s original wedding scene. If the ring and finger don’t belong to the ex-wife of Keaton’s character from Beetlejuice 2, then he may have darkly conducted some grave robbing while hiding out in Adam and Barbara Maitland’s cemetery. Regardless, Monica Bellucci’s role in Beetlejuice 2 is set to provide some long-awaited context for the finger and ring Beetlejuice digs out of his pocket in the 1988 movie.

Monica Bellucci’s Beetlejuice 2 Character Could Create A Plot Hole For The Original Movie

How exactly does marriage work in the afterlife?

The major conflict in Beetlejuice’s ending deals with Michael Keaton’s character trying to force Lydia to marry him, but the “bio-exorcist” already having a wife could complicate this. Though some of the rules of the afterlife were fleshed out in Beetlejuice’s Handbook for the Recently Deceased, the details on how marriages work after death weren’t included in the 1988 movie. Consequently, it’s unclear whether Beetlejuice’s plan to marry Lydia would have even worked if his wife was still around in the afterlife, as there’s no confirmation regarding whether Beetlejuice and his wife were actually divorced at that time.

Whether the concept of divorce as it stands in the realm of the living is the same in the afterlife also remains to be seen. Since Beetlejuice’s Neitherworld waiting room highlighted that the afterlife follows a bureaucratic structure and operates under strict guidelines, it’s not clear whether the ghostly Beetlejuice simply cutting off the finger of his dead wife would qualify as a divorce or if they actually had to go through the process of filing papers. If the latter is true and they never did file papers, then Beetlejuice’s potential marriage to Lydia in the 1988 movie seemingly wouldn’t have been recognized, and thus his plan would never have worked.

There’s also the problem regarding the mystery of when Michael Keaton and Monica Bellucci’s characters were married within the fictional Tim Burton cinematic world. Since both Beetlejuice 2 characters are dead and have more zombified appearances than recently deceased characters like Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis’ Adam and Barbara Maitland, the couple likely died around the same time. Beetlejuice commented in the original movie that he survived the bubonic plague, suggesting he died over 600 years before the 1988 film’s timeline. Consequently, it’s unclear whether the two married and divorced before death, married and divorced after death, or married while alive and divorced after death.

Beetlejuice 2 Set Photos Have Already Teased A Remake Of The Original Movie’s Wedding Scene

Beetlejuice 2 hints at another marriage plot

Likely also tying into Bellucci’s new character, set photos from Beetlejuice 2 have already hinted that the sequel will provide some answers to lingering questions related to the original movie’s wedding scene and plot. In fall 2023, set photos revealed that the sequel will have a scene in which Jenna Ortega’s character Astrid wears a wedding dress. Considering she’s only a teenager in Beetlejuice 2, this sequence is most likely connected to the end of the original movie in which Winona Ryder’s 16-year-old Lydia had to don a red wedding dress for a ceremony with Beetlejuice that concluded before both could say “I do.”

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If Beetlejuice intends to marry Astrid instead of Lydia in the 2024 sequel, then the Tim Burton movie will hopefully explain how a marriage between the living and the dead actually works. Furthermore, it’s probable that Keaton’s character will produce the same ring he tried giving to Lydia back in the 1988 cult classic, which – if belonging to her – could be how Monica Bellucci’s character plays into the sequel’s story. It’s confirmed that Astrid finds trouble in the afterlife after opening a portal, suggesting Beetlejuice’s ex-wife could encounter Ortega’s Beetlejuice 2 character and use her to get back at him.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.

Release Date

September 6, 2024

Distributor(s)

Warner Bros. Pictures