![]() ![]() Ever since I started my Twitter account, this has really come to the forefront. In the digital age, we’re so aware of everything, and it’s in your face. I’m definitely getting a sense of that, especially now with social networking. that these things are all becoming popular again? And now they’re all having a resurgence in popularity. Starring on Boy Meets World, Step By Step, Full House. Now your early acting and voice credits is a list of, like, all the things that millennials are obsessed from growing up: Hocus Pocus. There’s also this whole obsession with nostalgia now among millennials. Now we’re all into, you know, Twilight and vampires and werewolves, and witches go along with that potpourri perfectly. For those who are into Halloween, you can’t beat it. I think it’s just one of those lightning in a bottle kind of movies. What is it about it that has kept everyone so excited about it for two decades now? ![]() So 20 years later, the movie is so popular I think it’s safe to say there’s an obsession with. You can’t have Bette Midler in the movie without having her sing a campy song. I mean, it kind of breaks the thread of reality a little bit, but I’m a sucker for musical sequences, which is also Kenny Ortega’s forte. I love the opening, the whole opening when we meet the witches and the kidnap Binx’s sister. But I’m so pleased that it-and I’ve only realized it the past couple of years-that people watch it every Halloween like they watch A Christmas Story every Christmas. I was like, “This is a Halloween movie! It takes place on Halloween! Release it on Halloween!” The whole business of when you release movies still staggers me. What astounded me-I don’t know if you remember-but it wasn’t released on Halloween. It’s a little bit scary! I was showing it to my three-and-a-half year old son and some parts were a little much. It’s got a family-friendly feel, but it’s a little bit menacing at times. And, you know, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker are just amazing in it. What was your impression of the film the first time you saw it? So not only did I have to do Binx, I had to lip Sean as well. I think that a lot of people-because I’m certainly one of them-never knew that another actor did the cat’s voice, because when Sean plays human Binx it’s still your voice that we hear. ![]() After it was all said and done, they-and I’m sure they worked with him on this-after the movie evolved they thought it would be more realistic, since the witches come from this time period, that Binx should also have an affected accent. Movies are shot, written, go into production, and then take on a voice of their own. It’s one of those things that happen in movies all the time. It’s absolutely no detriment to Sean, who’s a friend and fantastic actor. They were using him first and animating his performance.ĭo you know why they decided to dub over Sean’s voice? And Sean Murray, who plays the human version of Thackery Binx in the film, was the voice first. As I was recording, the animation wasn’t quite finished yet. But at the time, it was the most amazing thing. Compared to what we see today it’s a little dated (laughs). I just watched the film a couple of weeks ago. At the time, it was animatronic and also CG. What did you think when you saw the actual cat, Binx, with the animatronics? I spent about two or three ADR sessions doing it. I went in and I got a call back with director Kenny Ortega. Then several months later I get a call to audition for Binx. I’d sneak a peek and see the witches and hang on the set. So I would go over all the time to visit Omri and hang out. They were also shooting Hocus Pocus on the Disney lot. …and we worked on the Disney lot in Burbank, California. And then I was working on a show called Boy Meets World… I actually read for the role of Max, which was cast as the awesome Omri Katz, who I worked with when I was 17 on Eerie, Indiana. So how did 18-year-old Jason Marsden get cast as the voice of a talking cat in Hocus Pocus? I didn’t realize it until you let me know! But, wow, 20 years. Were you aware that 20 years had passed since the movie came out? Here’s what he had to say about starring as a talking cat in Hocus Pocus…and, you know, all your favorite shows. In other words, millennials, he was your childhood. In addition to voicing Binx, Marsden played Eric’s best friend on Boy Meets World, D.J.’s rich boyfriend on Full House, and J.T.’s friend on Step By Step. ![]() While you would definitely recognize Marsden’s voice, you would be surprised by how often you’d recognize his face-especially if you’re a nostalgia-loving millennial. On the occasion of Hocus Pocus’s 20 th anniversary (which was, absurdly, not on Halloween but actually in oh-so-haunted July), we called up the voice of said talking cat, Jason Marsden to talk about the film’s shoot and lasting popularity. ![]()
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