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Is Hocus Pocus your favorite Halloween movie? Many people love this classic Halloween movie from the 1990s and new people are discovering it every year. It is mainly a comedy but has some spooky Halloween elements as it follows three crazy witches who come back to life on Halloween. Here are some things you may not know about this awesome movie. How many of these little-known facts did you actually know? 1. Max Dennison could have been played by another actor via GIPHY Leonardo DiCaprio was originally offered the role of the lead Max Dennison but turned it down. He starred in What's Eating Gilbert Grape at that time instead. The actor who plays Max, Omri Katz was sick during the first audition and almost didn't get the role. He did better at the callbacks though and got the role. 2. Mary Sanderson could have been played by someone else too via GIPHY Rosie O'Donnell was originally offered this role, but turned it down because she didn't want to play a "scary witch". Big mistake, Rosie! 3. The studio made seven statues via GIPHY Do you remember the stone statue of Winifred Sanderson? The studio made seven of them in order to get it just right! 4. It almost didn't make it to theaters IMDb Hocus Pocus was originally going to be a Disney Channel original movie, but they decided to release it into theaters instead. It was oddly released in the summer though. 5. This is Bette Midler's favorite role via GIPHY During an interview in 2008, Bette Milder said that playing Winifred Sanderson was her favorite character she played yet. 6. There were deleted scenes via GIPHY If you have the VHS or DVD, you may have seen the two deleted scenes. Read on to the NEXT page for more fun facts about Hocus Pocus! 7. Did you notice this error? via GIPHY Diehard fans of the movie may have noticed this. Do you remember when Max gives Allison a note in class? When she returns it outside of school, it is a different note. 8. Or this one? via GIPHY The movie takes place on Halloween in 1993, which actually fell on a Sunday. They wouldn't have been in school. 9. One more error via GIPHY They claim that the Sanderson sisters were hanged on October 31, 1693. However, the Salem Witch Trials (the movie is set in Salem, Massachusets) ended in May 1693. 10. The actor who played Thackery Binx did not voice the cat via GIPHY Sean Murray was the actor who played the teenage Thackery Binx. However, Binx the cat was voiced by another actor named Jason Marsden. You might also recognize Sean Murray from NCIS. 11. Sarah Jessica Parker actually sang via GIPHY Remember when Sarah Jessica Parker sings "Come Little Children"? That was actually her singing! 12. Did you notice this? via GIPHY Dani cries over Binx's dead body at the end of the movie, and you can see that he is lying on his sister Emily's grave. How sweet but sad. If you want to watch Hocus Pocus again this October, check out Freeform's 13 Nights of Halloween along with other spooky Halloween movies! Please SHARE with all of your friends who love Hocus Pocus!