After having declined an invitation to make a cameo appearance in 2016's Ghostbusters, Moranis clarified in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that despite his hiatus he had not, in fact, retired from acting in films, but instead had become selective about future roles.
Moranis turned down a cameo appearance in Paul Feig's Ghostbusters, sharing that it didn't make sense to him to “do just one day of shooting” on something he did 30 years ago.
After reprising his role for the final time, Moranis unofficially retired from acting and decided to spend more time with his family in New York (via Looper). He's continued to act whenever the right script comes along, but only providing voice-over work in animated movies - so he can continue to spend time at home.
After the Ghostbusters battled Gozer, Louis was released from his possession as the Keymaster and returned to normal. Egon, Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore helped Louis get out of the charred remains of Vinz.
Ramis died in 2014 at the age of 69 due to complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis. The beloved actor and director famously played Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters films and voiced the character for the 2009 video game.
Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Dan Aykroyd are all part of the Afterlife cast, but fourth Ghostbuster Harold Ramis sadly passed in 2014. The new Afterlife cast also includes a Stranger Things star, the recently-crowned Sexiest Man Alive, and some brand new faces in the movie biz.
Tom Hanks and Robin Williams were considered for the role of Dr. Peter Venkman. Almost none of the scenes were filmed as scripted, most had at least one ad-lib.
Around 2009-2010, Moranis was contacted by an associate of Dan Aykroyd to work on another Ghostbusters movie. He also passed on a cameo in the Ghostbusters (2016 Movie) because the role didn't appeal to him but in general he continues to be picky when it comes to a film or television role because.
Rick Moranis gives an adorable performance as Tully, and while he's not from the Ghostbusters extended universe, we simply want him back! Fans were expecting to see Moranis reprise his role in Afterlife, but unfortunately, the actor stepped away from Hollywood a long time ago following the tragic passing of his wife.
He joined the Canadian TV series, SCTV (1976), winning an Emmy for writing and portraying the character, Bob McKenzie, which became the basis for the film, The character he played in Ghostbusters (1984) was based on a similar character he played on SCTV (1976).
There were reports that it got so bad during filming that Ramis slammed Murray up against a wall at one point. “They were like two brothers who weren't getting along,” Rubin told The New Yorker.
Shortly before his death from a drug overdose in 1982, the actor had been cast as Dr Venkman in an upcoming supernatural comedy called Ghostbusters. Sadly, he never got to take on the role, and it went to the brilliant Bill Murray instead.
Who was John Candy supposed to play in Ghostbusters?
He was approached to play the character of accountant Louis Tully in Ghostbusters (1984), starring Aykroyd and directed by Reitman, but ultimately did not get the role because of his conflicting ideas of how to play the character; the part went instead to SCTV colleague Rick Moranis, whose ideas were better received.
John Candy was offered the role of Louis Tully. He told Reitman he did not understand the character and suggested portraying Tully with a German accent and multiple German Shepherds, but the filmmakers felt there were already enough dogs in the film.
Ghostbusters has been such a huge part of our popular-culture for the last 30 years that it's easy to overlook what it represented at the time. In June 1984, when the film opened in theaters, Bill Murray was only 33 years old. Dan Aykroyd was just 31 and director Ivan Reitman was 37.
In 1989, Trump appeared in the music video for Bobby Brown's single "On Our Own", which was featured in the movie Ghostbusters II. In 1991, Trump originally made an appearance in the music video for Precious Metal's cover of Janet Robin's song, "Mr. Big Stuff".
Plans for a third Ghostbusters film began during filming of the second one, but Harold Ramis was unsure about it because of the main cast's ages and how difficult it was to get them all together. In addition to that, Bill Murray wasn't interested in coming back for another film.
Aykroyd is a former reserve commander for the police department in Harahan, Louisiana, working for Chief of Police Peter Dale. While on the force, Aykroyd carried his badge with him at all times. He currently serves as a reserve deputy of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department in Hinds County, Mississippi.
Star Murray and director Ramis had such intense creative disagreements that one day Ramis grabbed Murray by the shirt collar and threw him against a wall. After that, Murray didn't speak to Ramis for over 20 years.
