Hocus Pocus 2’s Belissa Escobedo Also Practices Brujeria Off The Screen

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Belissa Escobedo is a Los Angeles-raised Chicana, the biggest cat mum ever (self-proclaimed), a former theatre kid, possibly America Ferrera’s long-lost baby sister (Just kidding.

More on that later), and Izzy in the highly anticipated Disney+ Original movie Hocus Pocus 2. You may recognise Escobedo from her time as Natalie Garcia in The Baker and the Beauty, but on 30th September, she is making her way to Salem alongside the Sanderson Sisters.

Lover of all things spooky season, Escobedo spent many Halloweens as a child watching films like Hocus Pocus, which she deems “superior” to many others on her movie marathon list.  “Halloween has always been my and my mom’s favorite holiday — and most of my family,” she says. “We’d always host these Halloween parties and [Hocus Pocus] would be what we’d always watch, especially growing up.

That was my favourite one. ” While she never dressed up as a Sanderson sister — “I didn’t have the confidence to pull that off yet” — the 24-year-old actor recalls wearing a witch costume quite a few times, being inspired by Hocus Pocus, of course. “Izzy is loyal and has this confidence to just go out and do whatever she can to help her friends and save the town, save Salem. ”Now Escobedo stars as Izzy, alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy who are reprising their roles as the 17th-century Sanderson sisters, in the haunting sequel that takes place nearly 30 years after the Sanderson sisters wreaked havoc on a new generation in Salem. “Izzy is super cute,” says Escobedo of the Latina character. “She’s different from Natalie from The Baker and the Beauty.