The former star child says he was "high" during the shooting of a classic family film

The Hocus Pocus star Omri Katz revealed that the director had called him.


HOCUS POCUS became a film so much loved over the years that it finally obtained a suite in September, almost 30 years after its original release. But even the biggest fans of the Halloween classic - who looked at him 100 times and know the lines by heart - may be surprised to hear that one of thestars ofHOCUS POCUS was high during production. And, no, it was not one of the Sanderson sisters, the group of witches played byMidler beet,,Sarah Jessica Parker, andKathy Najimy.

In a new interview withWeekly entertainment,,Omri Katz, who played the teenager Max Dennison, revealed thatHe was not a sober shoot Parties of the 1993 film and that, at some point, the director made his way. He may have just "experimenting" at the time, but now the story seems very appropriate given his current career. Read on to find out more.

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Katz played one of the three main children inHOCUS POCUS.

Omri Katz in
Buena Vista Pictures

HOCUS POCUS Talk about a teenager, Max, who accidentally summons a group of witches to the life of the 17th century. Max, her younger sister Dani (Birch) And its Allison crushing (VINESSA SHAW), so I have to try to send the witches where they came from before the end of the Halloween night.

It was raised during parts of the shooting.

Omri Katz and Thora Birch in
Buena Vista Pictures

Katz, who was 17 years old when the film was released, was recently interviewed byWeekly entertainment With Shaw andJason Marsden, which expressed the Cat Thackery Binx.

Katz said of his experience by making the film: "It was at an age when I started to experiment with cannabis. Let's just say some of these scenes, I had a good old days."

The director called it on it.

Bette Midler and Omri Katz in
Buena Vista Pictures

Katz explained this directorKenny Ortega The pulled him at some point and confronted him to be under influence.

"I'm going to tell you what I remember: I realized it and did not hit my keys or my marks," said Katz. "Kenny [Ortega, the director] comes to me and attracts me practically by the shirt, and he said to me:" Are you high? "And I said to myself," no ", and of course I was. We did it, but it was a kind of awakening, like, Omri, you must be a little more professional and make sure to hit Your clues! "

Shaw saidShe remembered what scene was filmed when it happened, and that it was the one in which Midler pretended to zap him with green electric bolts.

"It was the scene when it is like," you. The. "You didn't have lines, so ..." said Shaw. Katz replied: "Yeah, but I didn't seem to be zapping, I seemed to climb up!"

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Katz stopped acting and embarked on a new career.

Omri Katz at Motor City Comic Con in October 2022
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Katz retired to act in the early 2000s. Now he works with cannabis, the same substance he "experienced"HOCUS POCUS. The former star child has an online cannabis freight store called Mary Dankters, andAccording to Instagram, The Mary Dankters are "cultivators of exotic artisanal cannabis".

Katz also wroteA recent article On his own Instagram, "slowly but surely, we bring our installation together and will soon have a wet product on the shelves in California! For business."

He would come back for anotherHOCUS POCUS, Nevertheless.

Jason Marsden, Vinessa Shaw, and Omri Katz at Motor City Comic Con in October 2022
Brandon Nagy / Shutterstock

Although Katz has not been a professional actor for years, he saidWeekly entertainment that he would be interested in returning if there was a thirdHOCUS POCUS film. (Him and Shaw were not invited to come back toHocus Pocus 2. Birch was offered a cameo butcould not participate.)AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"I would be 100% to do so," said Katz about a third film. But, he explained: "Witches are 30 years older, so we have to do it earlier than late. We can't wait another 30 years. Sorry, it's the truth! I'm sure Bette Don't want to do this at 98 years old. "


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