Thora Birch was asked to reprise her role as Dani Dennison in Disney+’s upcoming Hocus Pocus sequel, but a source close to the actress tells EW she had to decline due to scheduling conflicts.
The source says that Disney asked Birch to play a “good supporting role” as an adult version of Dani, who appeared in the original Hocus Pocus back in 1993, but her obligations to Netflix’s Addams Family-inspired series Wednesday prevented her from joining the production schedule.
They added that, if the plan had worked out, Birch would’ve played Dani as she worked to help three modern-day teens (played by Gossip Girl‘s Whitney Peak, Dirt‘s Lilia Buckingham, and American Horror Stories‘ Belissa Escobedo) with their attempts to halt the Sanderson Sisters’ (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) plot for revenge following their resurrection from the dead to terrorize Salem 29 years after the events of the first film.
Disney did not immediately return EW’s request for confirmation.
