Leonardo DiCaprio’s "Amazing" Hocus Pocus Audition For Role He Couldn’t Take Recalled by Director

The director of Hocus Pocus has reflected on meeting with Leonardo DiCaprio for a role he knew he couldn’t take. The 1993 Disney horror-comedy starred Omri Katz and Thora Birch as Max and Dani Dennison, who move to Salem, Massachusetts, where – on Halloween night – Max accidentally unleashes the Sanderson sisters, a trio of witches played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy. Although the movie had a lukewarm box office reception at the time, it has since become a major cult classic that is frequently rewatched around Halloween.