The Parent Trap (film series) continuation on the Walt Disney film, "The Parent Trap". "The Parent Trap II" was filmed twenty-five years after the original film. The idea of a second film was announced in 1985. The only actor who returned from the original film, Hayley Mills, continues to portray the twins, Sharon and Susan. "The Parent Trap II" focuses on Sharon's daughter Nikki who tries to set up her mother with her best friend's father, portrayed by Tom Skerritt. "The Parent Trap II" was such a success for the Disney Channel that it spawned another made-for-television sequel, "Parent Trap III", in 1989. Hayley Mills
The Parent Trap II twins. "I was astonished. I thought what they wanted to do was try to repeat the original film in some way. I wasn't too sure that was a very good idea. It was a good film, and it has passed the test of time," Mills said to the "Chicago Sun-Times". The film was written by Stuart Krieger. In the original draft of the script, Sharon was originally going to have a son, instead of a daughter like she does in the finished product. This was changed when rewrites of the script were ordered. The names of Nikki Ferris and Mary