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The scream queen also reflected on the impact Ryder's character in the 1988 original film has had on her, calling her \"the coolest ever.\"

\"So then to play her daughter and also have to be like, 'Mom...' and roll your eyes was definitely more challenging for me as an actor, but super fun to play,\" she gushed.

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PHOTO: Winona Ryder appears in a scene from the 1988 film "Beetlejuice."
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Ortega said she's glad \"Beetlejuice\" is making a comeback during a time where audiences are getting hit with a lot of nostalgia on the big screen.

\"I feel like studios nowadays, of course they want people in seats and you've got to do reboots or sequels or things like that to get people entwined, but to bring 'Beetlejuice' back -- of all of the stories -- is so good because people need to revisit weird, strange, off-putting stories again,\" she said. \"We need to introduce the younger generation that's always on the phone to new artistic and creative ideas.\"

\"The weirder you get with it, the more people you can get to see it, I think will probably do a lot for film in general,\" she added.

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