<P> At one point, Bill Murray was considered for the role of Daryl Van Horne . </P> <P> While the film follows the basic structure of the novel, several major developments are dropped, with the book being darker in tone . The setting of both is Rhode Island, but the novel sets the time during the late 1960s . In the novel, Daryl is more devil - like: less of an enabler and more of a selfish, perverse predator and architect of mayhem . Also, the film omits a key episode in the book, where Daryl unexpectedly marries a young, innocent girl named Jenny, and the jealous three witches magically cause her to die of cancer . </P> <P> While The Witches of Eastwick was originally set to be filmed in Little Compton, Rhode Island, Warner Bros. instead turned to Cohasset, Massachusetts after controversy erupted in Little Compton over whether or not its Congregational church should be involved with the film's production . Principal photography began on July 14, 1986 and took place over the course of six weeks in Cohasset and nearby Massachusetts towns, such as Marblehead, and Scituate . Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts was used for the exterior of the Lenox Mansion, while the lobby of the Wang Center in Boston stood in for the main hall . Other interiors were filmed at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, though the swimming pool and Daryl's library were sets built on the Warner Bros. backlot . </P> <P> Prior to filming, a small carving shop led by woodcarver Paul McCarthy was commissioned to hand - carve all the wooden signs for the businesses shown in the movie, including the newspaper where Michelle Pfeiffer's character worked--The Eastwick Word . </P>

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