Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy proved to be a total professional on Hocus Pocus 2 as she was forced to film half of it with a broken rib.

[ it was a ‘daunting’ experience](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/18/hocus-pocus-director-found-making-sequel-to-hit-film-daunting-17397588/) being behind the camera. And I saw that she had one of those machines that you put your legs in and you go upside down and it stretches you, because I have one,’ she said. [with Metro.co.uk awarding it 3.5 stars](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/29/hocus-pocus-2-review-witchy-caper-casts-sporadic-spell-in-its-homage-17470404/). [ People](https://people.com/movies/kathy-najimy-filmed-half-of-hocus-pocus-2-with-a-broken-rib-airbnb-exclusive/). [while they all had a whale of a time returning to their roots](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/26/how-to-watch-the-original-hocus-pocus-and-when-did-it-come-out-17453024/), the 65-year-old revealed that she suffered a nasty fall while on a break from production, meaning she had to battle a painful injury when things started back up again. [ reprised her role as Mary Sanderson ](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/30/hocus-pocus-2-casts-spell-on-fans-as-they-heap-praise-on-sequel-17479986/)in the [Disney](https://metro.co.uk/tag/disney/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) sequel, alongside on-screen sisters Sarah Jessica Parker and Bette Midler.

An exclusive interview with the 65-year-old actress in our Fall issue's Advice Column. By NewBeauty Editors · Sep 30, 2022. Kathy Najimy: “If ...

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Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Hocus Pocus 2 cast and crew ahead today's release of the anticipated sequel on Disney+.

And we talked a lot about leaning on each other and counting on each other and loyalty to each other. And I think she is a very good example of kind of just misstepping and not being able to figure it out until she communicates with her best friends. So to get to be in the movie as a fan of the movie from growing up and getting to watch these three and these three and Doug, as a fan in my eyes and watching myself it’s so many levels of inception. But to answer your question, which I don’t think I’ve done is that, I think, from Becca, just her sense of valuing really the people that she keeps around her. “And like, we have this love for each other and this friendship, but I mean, every teen knows what it’s like to kind of go through a rough patch with your friends, and to have your first boyfriend or girlfriend and then do all of that and kind of figure it out. [Sam Richardson](https://www.vitalthrills.com/tag/sam-richardson/) plays Gilbert in Hocus Pocus 2 and talked about the experience, “As a fan of the movie itself, like this was like directed right at me, when the movie came out. And I hadn’t gotten to see people I know and love in a really long time. And so it was a huge life change.” I was just happy to have a job. And then when I got to be asked to be a part of any of this, I was just like, yes, please. I was like, going, like, and I had no idea what was going on. It becomes part of the fabric of the history of the family.

Courtesy of Disney+There's a new generation of wannabe witches in Hocus Pocus 2, out today on Disney+. Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, and Lilia Buckingham ...

It's there for the taking," she says. "I watched it for the first time, I think, probably when I was about seven. It was one of the things that made me love Halloween in the first place," she shares.

The long-awaited sequel to the Halloween favorite is now streaming on Disney+.

We’re a very decisive group which goes also goes to show that women can be decisive.” Whatever it is that our mission is, there’s not a lot of second-guessing which I don’t think you see a lot.” And we talked a lot about leaning on each other and counting on each other and loyalty to each other. She has a core friend group and no matter what happens, she eventually gets to [make] sure that she has her sisters behind her the entire time.” I think she is a very good example of misstepping and not being able to figure it out until she communicates with her best friends. “You know, as a fan of the movie itself, this was directed right at me. It wasn’t like you were just a lackey. “I think I just admire that she just has this, like, blind loyalty to these girls, [and] will do anything for them, no questions asked—totally would go against three evil witches.” “And I think it’s amazing that, you have one end of horror, and then you have this end of camp. “He kind of matches the energy and the floppiness and the fun and the overdone characters of the sisters. Advertisement io9 recently participated in the press conference for the film with the cast and creative team to discuss the making of the movie and why it t00k 29 years to get here.

"My whole week off that we were supposed to enjoy the holidays, I was healing," Kathy Najimy says of breaking a rib in the middle of filming Hocus Pocus 2.

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