# Who's Back (and Who's New) in Practical Magic 2

> A quick guide to every witch, aunt, daughter and warlock in the Practical Magic sequel, and where you know them from.
- Title: Who's Back (and Who's New) in Practical Magic 2 · Cosmopolitan
- Summary: A quick guide to every witch, aunt, daughter and warlock in the Practical Magic sequel, and where you know them from. Most of the original cast returns as…
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- Source: Cosmopolitan — https://cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a73690911/practical-magic-2-cast-and-characters
- Author: Leah Marilla Thomas
- Published: 2026-09-12T16:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: practical magic, movies, sequels, casting, witches
## A legacy sequel needs a roll call
Practical Magic 2 brings back most of the 1998 cast, recasts a couple of smaller roles, and adds new characters. Here is who is who.

> Legacy sequels like this one often require a check-in
## The new faces are all men
Every significant new character is male, for a grim reason: most of the men in the original film did not survive it.

> That's how it goes with the Owens girls.
## Nicole Kidman is Gillian
Kidman returns as Sally's sister, a cursed witch living in Massachusetts. She won an Oscar for The Hours and an Emmy for Big Little Lies.
## Sandra Bullock is Sally
Bullock is back as the other cursed Owens sister. Speed, Gravity, Miss Congeniality, and an Academy Award for The Blind Side.

> She is a true movie star. Don't you ever forget it.
## Maisie Williams plays Antonia
Sally's youngest daughter is now played by the Game of Thrones star, taking over from Alexandra Artrip.
## Joey King plays Kylie
Sally's oldest daughter was Evan Rachel Wood in 1998. King, of The Kissing Booth and The Act, steps in.
## Lee Pace is the magic scholar
Pace plays Ian Wright, a scholar who might be able to break the Owens curse. You know him from Pushing Daisies, The Hobbit and Foundation.

> But, most importantly, he's 6'5".
## The aunts return intact
Stockard Channing is Aunt Frances again and Dianne Wiest is Aunt Jet. Between them: a Tony, three Emmys and two Oscars.
## Xolo Maridueña is Gideon
Kylie's boyfriend is played by the Blue Beetle star, also known from Cobra Kai and the next season of One Piece.
## Solly McLeod is the warlock
McLeod plays Thomas Lockland. Before this he turned up in House of the Dragon, Outlander, and UK series like Tom Jones.
## Key takeaway

Most of the original cast returns as themselves; the daughters got recast and the new faces are all men, because the first movie killed off nearly every man in it.