38 Things You Probably Don't Know About "Hocus Pocus" — buzzfeed.com

Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 1. The idea for Hocus Pocus came from David Kirschner, who was a producer and came up with the story. He created it as a bedtime story for his daughters. 2. Max Dennison (Omri Katz) was named after Kirschner, whose middle name is Max. He likes to think of the character as his alter ego. 3. Leonardo DiCaprio was offered “more money than [he] ever dreamed of” to play Max, but he instead decided to do What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

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