Joey King, Maisie Williams Felt “Massive Responsibility” Joining ‘Practical Magic 2’

As the Owens women reunite for Practical Magic 2, the two newest members of the onscreen family hope to do fans proud. Joey King and Maisie Williams, who play Sally Owens’ (Sandra Bullock) daughters Kylie and Antonia in the Susanne Bier-helmed sequel, agreed that they felt the weight of taking over the roles from Evan Rachel Wood and Alexandra Artrip in the original 1998 movie, based on Alice Hoffman’s novel. “As fans of the original film myself, ourselves, I feel like when you love something as much as we already love Practical Magic, there’s just massive responsibility of joining the team and wanting to do it justice,” King told People. Ahead of the sequel’s Sept. 11 premiere, Wood recently admitted to Entertainment Tonight that she’s “sad” she won’t be reprising her role in the followup. Watch on Deadline “It is sad, because we bonded with that cast so much as children, and so to miss out on the opportunity to look at that cast and look at that house as an adult and see the history in our eyes, it’s something that can’t be faked,” said Wood. “I’m sad that doesn’t get to exist, especially for the fans.” Nicole Kidman in ‘Practical Magic 2‘ Jaap Buitendijk From a script by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel, Practical Magic 2 sees Sally and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) return to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all in a must-see cinematic event of fun, magic and mayhem.