Haunted Mansion Interview: The Hatbox Ghost Gets a Backstory!
45The Hatbox Ghost is a legendary character associated with Disneyland's iconic Haunted Mansion attraction, and the ghost—portrayed by Jared Leto—will soon appear in Disney's upcoming Haunted Mansion movie. Despite The Hatbox Ghost's popularity, the ghost has never had an actual backstory, despite the character's "birth" in 1969, but all of that is about to change.
The history of The Hatbox Ghost is as fascinating as it is niche, and it has become a subject of interest among many Disney enthusiasts. It was conceived as an eerie, unsettling figure that would add an extra scare to the Haunted Mansion attraction when it first opened at Disneyland Park in California in 1969. The film's director, Justin Simien, who will appear at Collider's "Directors on Directing" Panel in Hall H at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, recently sat down with Perri Nemiroff to discuss, among many things, working with Leto in order to come up with where the character had come from, his motivations, and just what kind of life he may have lived.
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