‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’ Star Amy O’Neill Praises Rick Moranis’ Reboot Return

A reboot of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” without Rick Moranis would be like cereal without milk, it wouldn’t be right … according to the woman who played his daughter in the original movies.

Amy O’Neill played Amy Szalinski in the theatrical releases and tells TMZ … the reboot would have been incomplete without Rick agreeing to return. Amy says without him … the new production just couldn’t work.

Josh Gad is reportedly the star attached to the film — with original director Joe Johnston also returning — but Amy told us why Rick’s flair was the critical ingredient.

Something else she’s fired up about is seeing the new special effects. Remember, when ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ was first released in 1989, its special FX were considered cutting-edge. She says the green screen the film used back in the day was the largest of its kind at the time. More than 30 years later … she can’t even imagine what kinda technology will be used to pull it off this time. She’s champing at the bit to see it, though.