Jenny Ortega shared a heartfelt message for her \u00ab\u00a0Beetlejuice Beetlejuice\u00a0\u00bb co-star Catherine O’Hara on Instagram after O’Hara’s death.<\/b>
\nJenny Ortega shared a heartfelt message for her \u201cBeetlejuice Beetlejuice\u201d co-star Catherine O\u2019Hara after the iconic comedic actress died last Friday.
Ortega, 23, took to Instagram on Sunday and shared several pics of O\u2019Hara, including a black-and-white shot of the two alongside fellow co-star Winona Ryder.
\u201cCatherine is one of the most beautiful people I\u2019ve ever had the honor of getting to work with and know,\u201d the \u201cScream VI\u201d star wrote. \u201cI\u2019ll forever cherish the time we shared together, and everything she taught me.
\u201cA giant and inspiration in many ways,\u201d she continued. \u201cOne of the greats. Thank you so much for it all.\u201d
Ortega starred in the 2024 sequel to Tim Burton\u2019s 1988 classic, \u201cBeetlejuice.\u201d
O\u2019Hara, Ryder, as well as Michael Keaton, reprised their roles from the original film, and new cast members included Ortega, Justin Theroux and Willem Dafoe.
Several \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d stars shared public tributes to O\u2019Hara, including Keaton.
\u201cWe go back before the first \u2018Beetlejuice,\u2019\u201d the actor, 74, shared on Instagram alongside a recent photo of the two.
\u201cShe\u2019s been my pretend wife, my pretend nemesis and my real life, true friend. This one hurts. Man am I gonna miss her,\u201d he continued.
Keaton also shared that he was \u201cthinking about [Bo] as well,\u201d referring to O\u2019Hara\u2019s husband of 33 years, Bo Welch.
Burton, 67, shared on Instagram, \u201cCatherine, I love you. \u2026. You were a special part of my life and after life.\u201d
Alec Baldwin, who played recently deceased ghost Adam Maitland in the original \u201cBeetlejuice,\u201d called O\u2019Hara \u201cone of the greatest comic talents in the movie business\u201d in a statement to Page Six.
\u201cShe had a quality that was all her own and my sympathy goes out to Bo and their family,\u201d the \u201cRust\u201d actor, 67, added.
O\u2019Hara suffered from a \u201cbrief illness\u201d before her untimely death on Friday, Page Six confirmed.
The Los Angeles Fire Department exclusively told us that the 10-time Emmy nominee was rushed to a local hospital in \u201cserious\u201d condition.
O\u2019Hara\u2019s cause of death remains unclear at this time. She was 71 years old.<\/p>\n