What Only Hardcore Hocus Pocus Fans Know About Binx The Cat's Portrayal

With the "Hocus Pocus 2" actors making their rounds to promote the film, fans check in to possibly learn any new inside information about the franchise. When talking to Entertainment Tonight, actress Vinessa Shaw reveals how the real feline behind the film's black cat, Binx, needed much more room behind the camera than most people know. That's because the cat that used to be a human boy (Thackery Binx before he was transformed) wasn't played by just one cat but by a bunch of them.

Back when the actors who played the kids of "Hocus Pocus" spoke to ABC News, actress Thora Birch explained that although her character loves Binx in the film, in real life, she wasn't a big fan. She remembers, "Dani [her character] was in love with the cat. For me, I had an issue whenever the cat came up." Well, it's possible, based on this newly revealed information, Birch's dislike for the cat may have been due to a case of mistaken identity.

During her ET interview, Shaw talks about how there was actually a surprising number of cats on set, each trained for its own individual skill. She recalls, "There was literally a wall of cats that can all do one thing ... if they jumped on your shoulder, that was the one thing they could do." She continues explaining that there was one cat that was trained to close the spell book and so on. Of course, this new piece of behind-the-scenes information may be a bit jarring for fans who wished they had a Binx of their own, especially now realizing that doing so will require a shocking amount of kitty litter.