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Among the various details that emerged in the recent advance for Tim Burton beetle juice beetle juice—the hilariously unsubtle musical choices, the genuine coldness of seeing Michael Keaton back in one of his most famous parts, the general radiance of Catherine O’Hara—one small element of the trailer caught a lot of attention: an extremely quick glimpse of the face of Jeffrey Jones, one of the stars of the original film, peeking out slightly from a state-of-the-art tombstone. (Crafted by his strange artist widow Delia, we can only assume).
Since the beetle juice Although the films deal with ghosts, the trailer’s focus on Charles Deetz’s funeral raised some questions, particularly about whether Jones would appear in the film, a claim that a representative for the actor has rejected. narration The Hollywood Reporter that Jones is not in the movie at all.
Which isn’t entirely surprising, insofar as, sure, “dead” only goes so far in the world beyond… But, hey, there’s “dead” and then there’s “registered sex offender.” dead, right? With the exception of him being cast in David Milch’s film old thing in 2004 (and then its much more limited reappearance in its movie sequel in 2019) Jones’ career functionally ended in 2003, when he was forced to register as a sex offender after pleading no contest to charges of soliciting a 14-year-old boy to take nude photographs. Not even his long association with Burton (aside from beetle juicealso appeared in 1994 Ed Wood and 1999 Sleepy Hollow—seems to have been able to cover something like thatso Jones will not appear in the sequel (despite the surprise appearance of a brief shot of his face in the trailer).