Who played in the remake of Beaches?

“Beaches,” starring Idina Menzel (“Frozen”) and Nia Long (“The Best Man Holiday”) and airing Saturday on Lifetime, is the rare case of a remake that might actually do just that.

Where was Beaches 1988 filmed?

The beach house scenes were filmed at cottage #13 in what is now the Crystal Cove Historic District in Crystal Cove State Park in California.

Did Mayim Bialik sing in the movie Beaches?

Mayim Bialik did not actually sing on camera. Bette Midler wanted someone who sounded like she did at that age, so they used someone else’s voice. Barbara Hershey had collagen lip injections to make herself look younger (she was 40 at the time and was playing Hilary from college age to mid-thirties).

Is Beaches based on Bette Midler?

Not quite, but it did have an interesting inspiration. The film is based on an original novel by Iris Rainer Dart, published in 1985.