Anne Hathaway shares tribute post to Anjelica Huston who preceded her in the role of Roald Dahl's villainous Grand High Witch
Anne Hathaway posted an Instagram tribute Friday to Anjelica Huston's turn as Roald Dahl's villainous Grand High Witch.
The 69-year-old Huston played the role in a 1990 film adaptation of Roald's novel The Witches, while 37-year-old Hathaway was cast in the part for an upcoming movie based on the same book.
'Would you please take a moment to join me in celebrating Anjelica Huston’s flawless and iconic turn as The Grand High Witch?' Anne wrote on Instagram.
In honor of: Anne Hathaway posted an Instagram tribute Friday to Anjelica Huston's turn as Roald Dahl's villainous Grand High Witch
Successor: Anjelica, 69, played the role in a 1990 film adaptation of Roald's novel The Witches, while Anne, 37, was cast in the part for an upcoming movie based on the same book
Offering a bit of spoiler to fans she wrote: 'Her performance is magnificent - witty, unforgettable, scary as hell and sheer perfection (the scene where she pushes the baby down the cliff still gives me chills to this day.)'
Anne concluded 'I just wanted to say, one AH to another, that I tip my wig to the O.G.G.H.W. Anjelica Huston. #WitchesAreReal #TheWitchesMovie.'
In the 1983 book the Grand High Witch leads a murderous coven who hate children and are devising a plan to kill as many as possible.
The Grand High Witch invents a potion that will turn the children into mice, leading their confused parents to have them exterminated by mistake.
There she is: 'Would you please take a moment to join me in celebrating Anjelica Huston’s flawless and iconic turn as The Grand High Witch?' Anne wrote on Instagram
Thrilled: Anne gushed of the daughter of John Husto: 'Her performance is magnificent - witty, unforgettable, scary as hell and sheer perfection....'
Fantastic: Anne concluded 'I just wanted to say, one AH to another, that I tip my wig to the O.G.G.H.W. Anjelica Huston. #WitchesAreReal #TheWitchesMovie'
She even turns the book's lead character Luke, who is seven, into a mouse, but he and his beloved grandmother manage to foil the witches' diabolical scheme.
Luke is from England and his grandmother is from Norway, touchingly reflecting the author's own background as a Briton with Norwegian roots.
The 1990 movie starring Anjelica was helmed by Don't Look Now director Nicolas Roeg and has become a cult favorite despite being a commercial flop.
Robert Zemeckis of Forrest Gump fame directed the new version from a screenplay he wrote with Guillermo Del Toro and Kenya Barris.
Beloved: The 1990 movie starring Anjelica was helmed by Don't Look Now director Nicolas Roeg and has become a cult favorite despite being a commercial flop
Monstrous: In the 1983 book the Grand High Witch leads a murderous coven who hate children and are devising a plan to kill as many as possible
Anne will star as the Grand High Witch with Jahzir Kadeem Bruno as Luke and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as his grandmother.
Although the book is set in England and Norway the movie will take place in Alabama in the 1960s and will drop on HBO Max October 22.
The novel happens to have been published the year Anjelica appeared in the film Prizzi's Honor, which earned the daughter of John Huston her only Oscar.
Anne has also won an Oscar, taking home best supporting actress for the 2012 movie adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, itself based on Victor Hugo's novel.
Only the best: Robert Zemeckis of Forrest Gump fame directed the new version from a screenplay he wrote with Guillermo Del Toro and Kenya Barris
Incoming: Although the book is set in England and Norway the movie will take place in Alabama in the 1960s and will drop on HBO Max October 22
Who's who: Anne will star as the Grand High Witch with Jahzir Kadeem Bruno as Luke and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as his grandmother