The Music Is Spellbinding
Director Fletcher on her mission being the story and honoring the first film: “[I’m] making sure that I’m honoring these characters for the fans and bringing it into a new generation. The musical numbers are there for story. As I like to say, I didn’t feel like I could compete with [the first movie’s version of] ‘I Put a Spell on You,’ which Bette and Marc Shaiman wrote. And I mean, there was an original song. [They] did the arrangement and the lyrics. Can’t compete with that, so I didn’t try. We stayed really focused on trying to stay more towards the story. And we just had so many fun options of songs to choose from. And that’s where we landed. And who doesn’t want to see Bette Midler sing?”
