They don’t have personalities; they have behavior patterns and decibel levels.
A good movie inspires the audience to subconsciously ask, ‘Give me more!’
The witches in this one inspired my silent cry, ‘Get me out of here!'"
Matt Kennedy/Disney
I respectfully disagree, Mr. Ebert.
(May he rest in peace.)
You have to give the film credit the ROI alone has served Disney well.
Tony Gardner and Doug Jones as Billy Butcherson on set.
Yes, “hot zombie.”
I didn’t realize until very recently that my personal affection for Mr. Butcherson was a nearly universal thing.
Per Twitter,finding Billy hotis a guilty pleasure that plenty acknowledge.
The original design for Billy.
(Even though we learn in the sequel Winifred’s version of eventsisntthe most accurate.)
Tony Gardner and Doug Jones as Billy Butcherson on set.
I also learned that Billy’s hotness was somewhat intentional.
Gardner and Jones, then and now.
The zombies look is based on the protagonist inThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
give the character a haunting hotness.
(A far cry from how hes portrayed in the1949 Disneys animated film.)
Creating Jones’s Billy lifecast.
The original design for Billy.
Because Jones is tall and thin, they were able to bring this vision to life.
Even his ponytail is teased out.
(So in this case, emoisdead.
“Doug’s literally exactly the same size he was almost 30 years ago.
His body, his face, everything is exactly the same.”
Gardner and Jones, then and now.
After the special aired, the sequel was announced.
“As a zombie, he’s already dead.
As a zombie, he’s already dead.
Creating Jones’s Billy lifecast.
This was a different bang out of intentional Disney magic.
Clearly, Billy is pulling it off, original dust and all.
