Why did they replace Marnie in Halloweentown? The rumor was that the original actress, Kimberly J. Brown, was filming Big Bad Wolf when Return to Halloweentown was scheduled to shoot. Because of the scheduling conflict, Kimberly had to turn down the role.

The rumor was that the original actress, Kimberly J. Brown, was filming Big Bad Wolf when Return to Halloweentown was scheduled to shoot. Because of the scheduling conflict, Kimberly had to turn down the role. However the rumor turned out to be unfounded.

Although three of the returning cast members reprised their roles in 2006’s Return to Halloweentown, actor Sara Paxton was recast as Marnie. That recasting doomed the film in the eyes of many diehard fans.

At the age of 13, Brown was cast in her most notable film, the Disney Channel Original Movie Halloweentown, in which she played 13-year-old Marnie Piper, a young witch who is determined to learn magic from her grandmother Aggie, portrayed by Debbie Reynolds.

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