Michael Keaton

In the film Beetle Juice, they constantly refer to character Michael Keaton as Beetle Juice, but it looks like Betelgeuse. Why the name change?

Beetle Juice is the phonetic pronunciation of Betelgeuse. They named the film Beetle Juice so that people know how to pronounce the actual name of Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse can also be pronounced gyce beetle.

beetleguese is beetle juice in another language.

betel !!!!!!!! more juice

So people will not say it three times by chance, it was just a precaution.

think it's in German

Betelgeuse is pronounced Beetle Juice

sounds way cooler because Betelgeuse?

Betelgeuse is the name of a nebula, that is where its name comes from. But it is pronounced beetle juice so that's what he told people to call.

"Betelgeuse" is actually a star, a red giant, I think.

Because it's supposed to be a family name (surname). It is not meant to be a beverage. It simply prounced as "beetle juice".

I always wondered that myself until I am told, it is shown that way because he wants it to be used and Beetle Juice. I guess they figure if they say as Betelgeuse, as opposed to Beetle Juice, it will still say the same thing, it's just two different spellings of it.