![]() Later, Billy is still looking for love, albeit in a platonic sense. "His hatred for the witches puts him on side," Jones says, promising that fans will get a clearer glimpse into his past relationship with Winifred "back in the day," before she poisoned him on for cheating on her with Sarah. Jones confirms that Billy is still a friendly zombie, and that his backstory in the sequel further fleshes out the soul hiding beneath his decayed flesh. That chance begins in Fletcher's sequel as Billy's eternal slumber is interrupted after a brand new group of teens ( Belissa Escobedo, Whitney Peak, and Lilia Buckingham) light the Black Flame Candle, ushering in a new reign of terror on contemporary Salem at the hands of the witchy trio ( Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker). It keeps the pureness and nostalgia alive and well for those who grew up with the first movie, and for any new fans we're gathering now will be excited about modernization for the current time we're in," he says, later adding: "Billy came back to me immediately, it was frightening how he's been alive while I've been playing other characters all these years, but, Billy's like, 'I wanted my chance again.'" It is seamless between the first movie and the second, that's the first thing I felt. "I was really happy that Billy comes out of the grave talking. ![]() Jones said of returning to the character, and Billy’s new journey: He's in a moment of betrayal, so you're looking at this beloved character in such a way who's been hurt, and it blows your socks off. "It does something to your soul, it's so surreal, it's so mind-blowing. In the film Butcherson is “the undead loverboy who returns from the grave to battle the resurrected Sanderson Sisters, for the first time in 29 years.” Director Anne Fletcher talked to EW about seeing Jones step back into the role, saying: A first look photo has been released that shows us actor Doug Jones back in the role of Billy Butcherson in the long-awaited sequel Hocus Pocus 2.
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