Mickey & Minnie Replace Haunted Mansion Cast at Premiere Due to Strike
Many of the Grim, Grinning Ghosts from Disney’s live-action version of Haunted Mansion DID NOT come out to socialize during this weekend’s Disneyland premiere due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. According to a piece in Rolling Stone, yesterday, instead of Jamie Lee Curtis and Owen Wilson walking the red carpet to support the film, Disney replaced them with popular characters.
As you can see from the Tweets below, shared by Variety, Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were all there to lend support to the film in place of the Haunted Mansion cast.
The fictional character Cruella de Vil has arrived at the #HauntedMansion premiere in Disneyland. https://t.co/ozgw9lMm8J pic.twitter.com/kKnSzCsH1j
— Variety (@Variety) July 16, 2023
The Haunted Mansion has a fantastic and eclectic array of cast members that did not attend in solidarity due to the recently announced strikes. This includes LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Daniel Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hasan Minhaj, Marilu Henner, and Lindsay Lamb.
In addition, the press attending the event were also told that Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien declined to give press interviews as well.
With a SAG-AFTRA strike in effect, the #HauntedMansion premiere at Disneyland is seeing characters like Maleficent walk the carpet. https://t.co/ozgw9lMm8J pic.twitter.com/1oG9dE850K
— Variety (@Variety) July 16, 2023
Though it is sad that the stars weren’t able to be at the premiere, Disney made up for it with a bit of pixie dust. You can check out Mickey and Minnie in their Haunted Mansion-inspired costumes below:
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse have arrived at the #HauntedMansion premiere in Disneyland — the first major carpet to take place since SAG-AFTRA voted to issue a strike Thursday. https://t.co/ozgw9lMm8J pic.twitter.com/tMkYTHFIZe
— Variety (@Variety) July 16, 2023
Haunted Mansion, which is inspired by the theme park ride of the same name, hits theaters on July 28th.
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Source: RollingStone