
Erm, Mary’s crooked mouth is backwards in Hocus Pocus 2 and Kathy Najimy’s revealed why
I knew something was off!!!
Hocus Pocus 2 is finally here – 30 years after the iconic original film changed spooky season forever and became a Halloween in every household that contains a gay person. Whether you love the film or sit in the ‘firmly disappointed’ camp, there’s one difference that’s throwing everyone all off kilter: Mary’s crooked mouth in Hocus Pocus 2 is on the opposite side.
And before you rack your brains as to why, save yourself the theories and the conspiracies – Kathy Najimy has told the world exactly why the crooked mouth has done swapsies.
‘You don’t have to be subtle or have a big Shakespearean backstory’
Kathy Najimy improvised her witch’s famous crooked mouth on set in the 90s, and it’s now a legendary part of the characterisation so it’s expected that fans clocked the move when Mary’s mouth in Hocus Pocus 2 switched it up. But Kathy Najimy told EW that it’s no big deal.

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“It’s on the other side mainly because it’s so hard for me to do it on the side I did it on 30 years ago. I’m sure the fans are going to go into deep detail about why it’s on the other side.It’s just something I came up with the first week. This is a big comedy, so you don’t have to be subtle or have a 40-page Shakespearean backstory.
“We can justify it because there’s a scene at the beginning where Winnie slaps me, and my mouth goes to the other side, and then she slaps me again and it goes to the other side, and sticks.”
I mean, fair enough, Kathy. I’ve just had a go at making my mouth crooked and it hurts and aches on either side so you switch it up all you like, queen!
Hocus Pocus and the disappointing Hocus Pocus 2 are available for streaming on Disney Plus here.
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