Sisters, Fly!
Thora Birch
The anniversary marked a rare chance for Ortega to catch up with his young cast.
“Thora Birch and her fiancee, we had dinner,” he tells EW.
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“They were telling me I remember everything and they were telling stories with each other.”
Billy gave Ortega some of his most tangible, lasting memories.
Ive got his finger," Ortega tells EW of mementos he kept from filming.
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Doug Jones, a.k.a.
“He flew in from Toronto twice,” says Ortega of Jones' participation in the bash.
The audience just ate him up.
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When he walked on the stage, there was a roar it was so beautiful."
you could see everyones having a good time.
It lives underneath the dialogue and underneath the music."
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“Last night was the first time that I saw the tattoos,” he says.
“I was so drunken with the love that I just went walking through the crowd.
“Jordan Fisher is just an extraordinarily talented young man,” Ortega tells EW.
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“He did [Frank] Sinatras ‘Witchcraft’ and brought the house down.”
Indeed, it was such a hit, no one wanted to leave.
“They had to push people out of the cemetery,” says Ortega.
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Kathy Najimi (a.k.a.
You show up every day.
You put it out there and will it evaporate?
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Or will it land and will it be treasured?,” he reflects.
“For a moment in time, I was heartbroken and disappointed.
There was so much imagination that went into this and so much good fun.
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Could I have been so wrong?
It just took some time, as things do.
Sharon and Kelly Osbourne are judging you…
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Mother and daughter team Sharon and Kelly Osbourne joined the proceedings as judges for the night’s costume contest.
The film will also air on Freeform throughout the month of October and in an all-day marathon on Halloween.
It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!
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Fans compete in a costume contest, one of the many highlights of an evening Ortega executive produced.
“Were talking about maybe doing it every year now aHocus PocusHalloween party every year.
It was a grand success.”
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