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Winona Ryder seems to have aged only a day since starring in the film Beetlejuice.
The actress was just 15 when she starred as goth teen Lydia Deetz in director Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy, beating out an impressive cast of Actresses, reportedly including Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis, Jennifer Connelly and Lisa Milano.
The hit film is her third film, following a supporting role in 1986 Lucas and 1987 square dancecatapulted Ryder to stardom, and her moody personality cemented her status as the angsty queen of the ’90s.
Thirty-six years later, Ryder returns to play Lydia in Burton’s long-awaited sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Now a TV star and mother, the character still retains the spiked fringe and funeral garb from the first film, and much like Lydia, Ryder is still the same person she was in her youth.
ahead of Beetlejuice BeetlejuicePublished on September 6, check out photos of the star then and now.
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Winona Ryder, 15, goes gothic as Lydia Deetz Beetlejuice. The character defines himself as “strange and unusual”, with a striking hairdo – a cross between The Cure’s Robert Smith and dark shadow“Barnabas Collins—paired with that.
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back to character Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceit’s eerie that at 52 years old Ryder is still so good at rocking an updated, slightly toned-down version of Lydia’s unique “do.”
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Who can forget Lydia’s devilish red wedding dress? Beetlejuice?
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More than three decades later, Ryder was clearly paying homage to her character when she attended the world premiere of “The Movie.” Beetlejuice Beetlejuice It will be released at the Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2024.
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By the end of 1988 BeetlejuiceLydia has fully embraced the benefits of living in a haunted house.
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and in Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceshe and her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) are still there! Ortega’s character doesn’t appear to have inherited her mother’s dramatic flair, but Ryder’s Lydia appears to have retained a love for her version of the high school uniform.
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Fast forward to 2024: Ryder appeared fully committed to “Method Dressing” ahead of the launch at an August 17 event in New York City Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
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one year later Beetlejuice After the release, Ryder returned in 1989 wearing black at an event in Los Angeles
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Ryder clearly looked like he was channeling a slightly better-tuned Lydia during a photocall at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival on August 28.
