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Why 'Hocus Pocus 2' Got So Much Right, According to Bette Midler · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Well, it might have been a near
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Speaker 1: thirty year wait for a sequel, but for fans of
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Speaker 1: the original hocus Pocus, it was worth the weight because
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Speaker 1: of how much the creators got it right. Hocus Pocus
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Speaker 1: Too sees all three Sanderson's sisters return, played by Bette Midler, Sarah,
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Speaker 1: Jessica Parker and Kathy Magic Me, but Bet thinks the
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Speaker 1: real key was listening to the fans before camera started rolling.
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Speaker 1: She tells the Hollywood Reporter, I think the team was
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Speaker 1: very careful in crafting what it was that people liked.
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Speaker 1: I know what fans loved in the original was that
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Speaker 1: the three of us were always together and that our
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Speaker 1: bond was very deep. They wanted a backstory because fans
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Speaker 1: used to often ask, what's the story? Why did this
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Speaker 1: happen to them? Who were they before? I think the
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Speaker 1: team did a very good job. Hocus Pocus Too is
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Speaker 1: streaming on Disney Pluts that's direct from Hollywood.