Demi Moore on Channing Tatum’s possible ‘Ghost’ remake: ‘There are some films better left alone’
Demi Moore might not lift your spirits with this answer.
The actress was asked about the possible remake of the 1990 romance movie “Ghost” during an interview with Variety published Tuesday.
Throughout the years, there have been talks about re-creating the iconic film, most recently with Channing Tatum, who announced his plans to remake “Ghost” in 2023.
The original movie starred Moore (Molly Jensen) and the late Patrick Swayze (Sam Wheat) as a couple. After Sam gets murdered by his friend (played by Tony Goldwyn), he is left to roam the Earth as a powerless spirit. Whoopi Goldberg also starred in the flick.
“There are some films better left alone, but it depends on what the take is,” Moore told the outlet. “The success of ‘Ghost’ is really about alchemy. Think about Whoopi, who anchored the comedy in a magical way. Or Tony Goldwyn, the boy next door who is the most unsuspecting villain. And the sweetness and virility of Patrick Swayze. Channing is incredibly intelligent and talented — who knows what he would bring to it if it happened.”
When asked if “The Substance” star would reprise her role as Molly Jensen, Moore responded, “I’d have to see what they come up with.”
“There’s something comforting about the movie,” Moore continued. “It’s about the things we might perceive as lost never really leaving us.”
The “Charlie’s Angels” vet also touched on the infamous scene of herself and Swayze making pottery.
“I was terrible at making the pottery in ‘Ghost,’ by the way,” Moore admitted. “I did hear that pottery had a resurgence in the pandemic. People were buying kilns.”
This isn’t the first time the “Flawless” actress has weighed in on a new version of the classic movie. Moore made it clear once before that Tatum, 44, wasn’t in danger with a newer version — if he did it right.
“Look, every story in some ways has already been told. The wonderful thing is the different way things can be reinterpreted,” she told Entertainment Weekly at the Cannes Film Festival in May. “I think there are some films that often are better left not touched, and left, and then sometimes there are wonderful surprises in that reinterpretation.”
When asked if the “Magic Mike” actor had contacted Moore, she responded, “No, he hasn’t.”
“He’s super talented,” she added. “I’d be curious to see what he decides to do.”
Tatum told Vanity Fair in January 2023 about his plans for “Ghost.”
“We’re going to do something different,” he shared, noting that the original film had a slew of problematic stereotypes. “I think it needs to change a little bit.”
As of now, Tatum hasn’t given an update on the status of the movie.
“Ghost” wasn’t the only throwback movie the Hollywood icon reflected on. Moore also told Variety that the 1997 action film “G.I. Jane” didn’t get the credit it deserved.
“If I really look at ‘G.I. Jane,’ there was a faction of people out to shut that movie down before it even opened,” she admitted. “I did ‘Striptease’ and ‘G.I. Jane’ back to back. If anything in this industry has ever been stacked against me, it was having those two films come out at the same time and becoming the highest-paid actress on top of that.
“That moment was so powerful for me because it wasn’t just about me; it was about changing the playing field for all women,” Moore explained. “But because I was portraying a stripper, I betrayed women. And because I played a soldier, I betrayed men.”
The “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” actress recalled that the narrative became “she’s only getting paid that number because she’s playing a stripper.”
“It hit me really hard. But at the same time,” Moore confessed, “I understood that anybody who steps out first is going to take the hit. That goes for anybody challenging the status quo.”
