Jenna Ortega carried a custom Ozias purse in the shape of the Deetz family home at the London premiere of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” on Thursday.Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP
She’s so stylish, it’s spooky.
Jenna Ortega continued her themed press tour for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” on Thursday, choosing a very appropriate handbag for the movie’s London premiere.
The “Wednesday” actress, 21, wore a custom corseted Harris Reed gown with a structural peplum, black velvet panels and opera gloves to match.
She wore a custom Harris Reed gown on the red carpet.Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP
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Her bag looked just like the Deetz house, which is actually in Vermont.Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP
The Tim Burton-directed sequel sees the Deetz family returning to the old abode, with Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara reprising their roles.Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/WireImage
Ortega plays the daughter of Lydia Deetz (Ryder) and granddaughter of Delia Deetz (O’Hara). Justin Theroux plays Rory, Lydia’s fiancé.©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
It was her accessories, however, that most directly referenced the creepy flick; Ortega carried an Ozias purse in the shape of the fictional Winter River, Connecticut, house where most of the action takes place in the original 1988 movie.
On Instagram, designer Marc Ozias called creating the one-of-a-kind bag “one of the biggest projects of my life so far,” as he “wanted to create a bridge between leatherwork and cinema.”
“I knew I wanted to recreate the iconic Beetlejuice house no matter how challenging it would be,” he added.
In addition to the unique carryall, Ortega wore a variety of jewelry from Fabergé’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” collaboration, including sparkling spiral earrings ($14,200), a ruby spiral ring ($13,600), an emerald spiral ring ($16,300) and a show-stopping ruby cocktail ring ($20,600).
In theaters Sept. 6, the Tim Burton sequel sees three generations of Deetzes returning to their old family home. Winona Ryder reprises her role as Lydia, who is still haunted by Beetlejuice, while Ortega stars as her daughter.
The entire cast dressed in dark and muted colors in keeping with the spooky theme at the film’s London premiere.Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP
Ortega has continued to put a high-fashion spin on looks from the original movie. At the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, she glowed in a Dior Haute Couture dress reminiscent of Lydia Deetz’s red wedding gown.M. Angeles Salvador / SplashNews.com
The “Wednesday” actress, pictured here on Wednesday in Venice, also wore a maroon Paul Smith suit similar to the titular character’s while posing with O’Hara and Ryder.Getty Images
She even snuck in a reference to Alec Baldwin’s character, Adam Maitland, with her checked Alessandra Rich jacket and khaki skirt on Aug. 27 in Venice.GC Images
The production team even returned to the original filming site — which is actually in East Corinth, Vermont — to shoot the sequel.
“I remember one time we were rehearsing outside of Winter River. We built it on the same hill, the same town, the same house, the same measurements, everything. They had all the old notes from the original,” Ortega revealed in conversation with Entertainment Weekly.
“And it was strange ’cause we’d be shooting, and people who lived in that town in Vermont were coming over with books signed by Tim from 30 years ago or photos from the original ‘Beetlejuice,’ like, ‘Oh, we were here when they first came back!’”
The original film, starring Keaton, Ryder, O’Hara, Baldwin and more, premiered in 1988.©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
On Aug. 19 in NYC, Ortega chose another statement-making Ozias purse that read “Handbag for the Recently Deceased.”GC Images
And in Mexico City, she wore a leather Lurline dress with a shrunken head molded into the bodice.Victor Chavez/Shutterstock
This is far from Ortega’s first sartorial Easter egg during the press tour. On Wednesday, the brunette beauty paid homage to the Lydia Deetz of the ’80s, hitting the red carpet at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in a gorgeous Dior Haute Couture gown in the same vibrant red shade as the character’s iconic wedding dress.
She even channeled Betelgeuse himself in a double-breasted maroon Paul Smith suit, and made like Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) in a black-and-white checked Alessandra Rich blazer.
Earlier this month, she wore a Deetz-esque Thom Browne plaid skirt and cardigan paired with a “Handbag for the Recently Deceased” — another Ozias original — and in Mexico City, she chose a leather Lurline dress with a shrunken head molded into the bodice.
