Michael Keaton‘s son Sean Douglas is his dad’s largest fan.
On the Los Angeles premiere of Will Ferrell‘s new documentary Will & Harper on Thursday, Sept. 19, Sean, 41 — who cowrote a music with Kristen Wiig for the movie — tells PEOPLE that it’s “completely” cool to get to see his father Keaton, 73, on the massive display.
“I’ve at all times been tremendous pleased with him and to see what a beautiful, full circle place that his profession is in now simply at all times makes me tremendous proud,” Sean says. “And the success of Beetlejuice is unimaginable.”
“And it is humorous, I will this stuff, to units of films with my youngsters who’re the age that I used to be after I visited the unique units, so it is surreal,” provides Sean, who’s dad to youngsters River, 7, and Maggie, 5.
Keaton notably reprised his function from 1988’s Beetlejuice in director Tim Burton’s new sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which grew into a direct field workplace hit after it launched in theaters on Sept. 6. “I feel that they had been actually well-timed and natural and actually enjoyable,” Sean provides of his father reprising the title function.
Keaton shared son Sean together with his late ex-wife Caroline McWilliams, whom he was married to from 1982 till 1990. McWilliams, an actress recognized for her roles on tv sequence like Benson and Cleaning soap, died at 64 in 2010.
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“She was nice and he or she’s simply charming in every little thing that she was in, and it is good to speak about her as a result of clearly she does not get as a lot consideration as my dad’s profession and he or she was a very stellar actress and simply the most effective particular person I ever knew,” Sean tells PEOPLE of his mom’s profession and life.
Keaton himself not too long ago joked to PEOPLE that he “may have made much more cash” had he not slowed down his profession to boost Sean and extra not too long ago spend time together with his grandchildren. “I will take credit for being a good father. I’ll give his mother monumental credit score for being an amazing mother. Nice, nice, nice mother,” he mentioned. “And that is why he is a superb child.”
“But additionally, you understand what it’s? It is him. I feel there’s one thing in some those who’s simply in them,” Keaton added of his son. “I imply, there is no query, parenting isn’t just necessary, it is key, proper? However generally there’s simply one thing in sure folks. So, the remainder of the credit score I give to him. He simply is constructed a sure approach, at all times was. Candy man, considerate.”
Will & Harper is in choose theaters now; the documentary releases on Netflix Sept. 27.