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It's nan movie Nicole Kidman fans adore arsenic a cult classic.
And now nan film's head claims that Practical Magic, a imagination romance, was cursed during accumulation by a witch who was hired arsenic a 'consultant'.
In nan 1998 movie Kidman and character Sandra Bullock play sisters, who, successful nan story, are descended from a agelong statement of witches.
Griffin Dunne, 68, nan film's director, says that nan un-named 'witch' became angry aft she was denied profit information successful nan film.
He says that she near a threatening connection connected his sound message successful a bizarre chartless language.
American head Griffin Dunne says that a witch advisor 'cursed' his 1998 Nicole Kidman cult classical Pictured: Kidman (R) successful a segment from nan film
In Practical Magic Kidman and character Sandra Bullock play sisters, who, successful nan story, are descended from a agelong statement of witches Pictured: On nan reddish carpet successful London successful July
The head revealed successful nan October issie of Vanity Fair that nan 'witch consultant' had advised him complete an 'occult ceremony' that Kidman and Bullock had to execute successful nan movie Pictured: A segment from Practical Magic
Soon after, Dunne says, nan aged begetter of a unit personnel who worked connected nan movie died of a bosom attack, which led to rumors astir a deadly curse.
Dunne, who roseate to fame arsenic an character successful different cult classic, An American Werewolf successful London, made nan claims successful nan October rumor of Vanity Fair.
In nan question and reply Dunne said he tried to support talk of a 'curse' quiet aft nan unit member's begetter died.
'It was very, very sad. But everybody went, “Oh my God, that’s nan witch. The witch killed nan guy’s father,” which is conscionable precisely nan speech I did not want to person connected my set,' he explained.
'So we kept nan news rather contained. But Sandy and Nicole knew, and would talk astir it endlessly.'
The head revealed that nan 'witch consultant' had advised him complete an 'occult ceremony' that Kidman and Bullock had to execute successful nan movie arsenic portion of nan story.
He said that he sewage on 'great' pinch nan woman. But things turned sour pinch nan 'witch' complete her demands, which included publishing a movie tie-in navigator book, arsenic good arsenic 'points' [a percent of nan films profits].
Griffin Dunne, 68, nan films head - pictured past period successful Spain - says that nan un-named 'witch' became angry aft she was denied profit information successful nan film. He says that she near a threatening connection connected his sound message successful a bizarre un-known language
Kidman and Bullock ne'er sewage to meet nan 'witch' earlier filming because she had already fallen into a conflict pinch nan producers
Kidman and Bullock ne'er sewage to meet nan 'witch' earlier filming because she had already fallen into a conflict pinch nan producers.
'She near a curse successful immoderate benignant of lingua connected my voicemail—that was rather chilling, actually—and threatened to writer Warner Bros,' he said.
'So I took nan small mini cassette [recording] and gave it to nan ineligible department. They didn’t get halfway done it earlier they said, “F*** this,” and wrote her a cheque. (Vanity Fair has reached retired to Warner Bros. for comment.)'
Elsewhere successful nan chat, Dunne said he did not really judge successful nan curse, and astatine nan clip denied it.
