Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice Chugs Hot Sauce While Interviewing Himself in Hot Ones Parody: Watch

"I got a question for you: Who the hell are you?" Beetlejuice asks Michael Keaton in the skit

Michael Keaton is finding out how Beetlejuice would fare on Hot Ones.

On Aug. 26, the actor, 72, appeared in a parody of the popular interview series hosted by Sean Evans as Warner Bros. promotes Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

In the skit, Keaton pulls double duty as himself interviewing his famous poltergeist character. The video opens with a moment of Keaton, in character as Beetlejuice, chugging a bottle of hot sauce. 

"Well, hi, first of all, welcome to the show," Keaton said in the clip, to which Beetlejuice answered, "How long is this gonna take? I gotta get to the spa."

When Keaton asked Beetlejuice about his influences over the years, he named the 19th-century French emperor Napoleon, Justin Bieber and the ancient Roman emperor Caligula. "Well, Napoleon was a pal. Bieber, of course, for obvious reasons," he said. "Caligula was a wild man, I gotta say that." 

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
Michael Keaton in 2024's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.

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Beetlejuice showed little interest in introspection when Keaton asked him if he has ever contemplated "the infinite nature of time," simply stating, "No."

When asked how he's enjoying the wings, the ghoul said they were "eerily reminiscent of a guy I ate in Seattle," as steam began pouring out of his ears and he farted out flames.

"I got a question for you: Who the hell are you?" Beetlejuice asked Keaton as the clip ended.

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'.
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'.

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Keaton originated Beetlejuice in Tim Burton's 1988 movie Beetlejuice, which follows a deceased couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) as they begin to navigate the afterlife as ghosts and summon Beetlejuice for help getting rid of the living family that moved into their home.

The actor reprises the role in the sequel, which also brings back Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara. Justin TherouxWillem DafoeJenna Ortega and Monica Bellucci also appear in the movie.

It's the most fun I've had on set in a long time," Keaton told PEOPLE of filming the movie back in February. “On one hand, you'd go, ‘Well, of course it's the most fun. It looks like fun.’ As you know, it doesn't always work like that."

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will open the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 28 before it releases in theaters Sept. 6.

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