Overview
- Evan Rachel Wood wrote on Instagram that only Joey King reached out to tell her she had been replaced as Kylie and that no one from the original film’s production contacted her, a message Wood shared in early September.
- Director Susanne Bier and producers have said they recast Wood and Alexandra Artrip because the new story depicts the daughters as just out of college and the filmmakers felt younger actors fit that narrative.
- Joey King told reporters she and Wood had a “lovely” conversation at the sequel’s Los Angeles premiere and praised Wood’s original performance.
- Sandra Bullock, a producer and star of the sequel, has said a third Practical Magic film is possible if Practical Magic 2 performs well at the box office and that the series could be handed to the younger cast.
- The recasting follows a streaming-driven revival of the 1998 original and has spotlighted tensions between adapting Alice Hoffman’s later novel, using nostalgia to sell a sequel, and how legacy roles are managed for fans and future franchise prospects.