Casper is 30 years old! And today, Christina Ricci is “zero” in it …
“But it’s a great film, a treasure of childhood” confides the actress, who played Kat in the 1995 tale.
Shortly after puncturing the screen on Wednesday in The Addams family, Christina Ricci was offered the leading role of a funny fantastic teen movie that marked its time.
In 1995, the child star played Kat, heroine of Caspera fantastic family comedy of Brad Silberling. The film celebrates its 30th anniversary this week.
Christina Ricci finds the Addams family … but not to play Wednesday!
And the actress, now 45 years old, recently said in the Podcast by Marc Maron, Wtf His feeling about Casper ::
“If you look well, in Casper,, I’m null ” fad Christina Ricci.
“People are often very disappointed when I say that, so I want to add, to clarify that I love the film! Casper a great film, a treasure of childhood! I don’t care that I am mediocre in it!”
Obviously, we have the right not to agree with her …
But Ricci says she was in the midst of a teenage crisis when she signed to play the daughter of Bill Pullmanin this tale inspired by eponymous comics and the short film Casper the nice ghost (1945). For her, “tOut was difficult at that time. I was always annoyed, annoyed … and to be completely honest, I find that I did not try enough during this shooting …
“It’s embarrassing, but I think I could have done better if I really wanted it.”
Magré everything, the film was a nice success in 1995 ($ 287 million in revenue worldwide for 55 million budgets), to the point of being declined in the saga until the early 2000s. Christina Ricci no longer continued the adventure, deciding not to stack for these outcome directly in VHS and DVD. She also did not participate in the animated series designed just after the film and broadcast with us on France 2.
Faced with her, the voice of Caspersweet and sincere, was that of Malachi Pearsonbut it is Devon Sawa who embodied the ghost in its human form, brief but unforgettable. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the film, Sawa published on social networks:
“30 years ago today, I appeared in a film for about 45 seconds, and it changed my life. Thank you”
Although the action takes place in Maine, most of the shooting of Casper took place in a huge studio and sets built at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. The complex design of the Whipstaff manor remains one of the greatest visual successes in the film, immediately posing the atmosphere of this adventure as ghostly as touching.
Thirty years later, Casper There remains a cult film for a whole generation of kids from the 90s – and a milestone in the history of digital special effects. The film paved the way for a whole generation of digital characters, without forgetting to tell in passing a charming story imbued with emotion and humanity.