Haunted Mansion’s placing solid changed by Disneyland actors for movie premiere

Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis and the remainder of the solid of Haunted Mansion had been unable to attend the brand new Disney movie’s premiere as a result of actors’ strike kicking off this week.

Disney’s answer could have left some within the crowd baffled as real-life characters from the studio’s traditional cartoons walked the crimson carpet as a substitute.

Villains like Maleficent and Cruella de Vil had been in attendance for the spooky household horror based mostly on one in all Disneyland’s hottest rides.

Famous couple Mickey and Minnie Mouse additionally waved on the crowds and posed for images on the occasion, which occurred in Disneyland, California.

Tightrope walker Sally Slater, who seems in one of many experience’s stretching portraits, was additionally filmed greeting company on the premiere.

The solid additionally contains Tiffany Haddish, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Danny DeVito and Lakeith Stanfield, none of whom walked the carpet.

Haunted Mansion is without doubt one of the first main studio releases throughout the strike, which started the identical night that Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer premiered in London.

Cast members together with Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon walked out simply earlier than the screening began as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike was introduced.

While actors at the moment are unable to participate in crimson carpet occasions, fashions, celebrities and the movie’s director Justin Simien confirmed up for Haunted Mansion on Saturday.

“Obviously, we’re here at a weird time in the industry. There are some folks that aren’t here,” Simien mentioned.

The director was nonetheless capable of promote the movie on behalf of the solid, and likewise referred to as out screenwriter Katie Dippold who was additionally absent as a result of WGA strike.

“Trust me, if you’re a nerd and if you love this ride, that is the nerd you want in the room,” he mentioned.

Simien went on to name Dippold’s script a “brilliant and fresh, and funny, and heartfelt, and important and meaningful take on this ride.

“It was really important to me to protect her vision and to realize it the best I could.”

Haunted Mansion is out in cinemas on Friday, August 11.