Demi Moore doesn't really want it anymore”Ghost.”
The actress said Diversity what after that was announced in 2023, what Channing Tatum were going to make a remake of the 1990 Oscar-winning film movieShe had her doubts.
“There are some movies that are better left alone,” Moore said. “But it depends on what the take is. […] Channing is incredibly smart and talented – who knows what he would bring to the table if that happened.”
Moore starred opposite Patrick Swayze in the acclaimed romantic drama about a widow (Moore) who is visited by the spirit of her husband (Swayze) after he is murdered. Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar for her role as the psychic who helps solve the case. Ghost received five Oscar nominations, winning another for Best Original Screenplay.
“The success of 'Ghost' is actually connected with alchemy,” The Star of “Substance” Moore said, “Think of Whoopi, who magically anchored comedy. Or Tony Goldwyn, the boy next door who is the most unsuspecting villain. And the sweetness and masculinity of Patrick Swayze.”
Moore added of the film's legacy: “There's something comforting about this film. It's about things we might think are lost, but that never really leave us.”
But even if Tatum asked, Moore wouldn't be entirely sold on the idea of reprising her role.
“I'll have to see what they come up with,” she said, adding that, in any case, “she's terrible at doing pottery in 'Ghost.'”
Tatum, who recently WithTAGGeG In “Blink Twice” said Vanity Fair In 2023, his production company Free Association acquired the rights to Ghost.
According to Vanity Fair, Tatum told an interviewer that Free Association is “trying to remake Ghost, with him possibly playing Swayze.” However, the reimagining will be without “problematic” stereotypesas Vanity Fair magazine wrote.
Tatum said, “But we're going to do something different. I think it needs to be changed a little bit.”
Swayze's filmography recently expanded with a remake of Road House and an upcoming sequel “Dirty Dancing” in developmentWhile Moore may not be reprising her role from Ghost anytime soon, Jennifer Grey will be back as Frances “Baby” Houseman in the Dirty Dancing installment, directed by Long Shot and 50/50 director Jonathan Levine. The film will be set at Camp Kellerman in the 1990s and will focus on a coming-of-age romance, with Baby's personal history being woven into the story for a multi-layered (and multi-generational) narrative. Swayze's character Johnny will also be included in the plot, with the production in talks with Swayze's estate.