"When we did the sequel it was rather unsatisfying for me, because the first one to me was the goods. It was the real thing," the actor and SNL alum said during a 2008 interview with Gizmodo.
On April 25, 2023, Ernie Hudson indicated that Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Annie Potts would reprise their roles from previous Ghostbusters movies in the film; Aykroyd confirmed he would return for the sequel in June 2023.
Why did Bill Murray change his mind about Ghostbusters?
According to Vulture, it was knowing that two of his favourite female comedians were involved. Although he was never keen for the film to happen ("That's true, I wasn't," he admitted), the addition of Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy — who he called “a great hope” — changed his mind.
Bill Murray has a cameo role in the film. In a 2019 interview, he said his decision to participate in the film was because of his friendships with McCarthy and McKinnon, and he felt it was important to support their project.
Starring McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones, the all-female reboot received mixed reviews from both fans and critics. The negative commercial reaction contributed to a box-office bomb, with the film grossing only $222.9 million, marking a $70 million loss.
Bill Murray - "Why I probably won't do Ghostbusters 2..." (1987)
Why isn t Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters?
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.
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.
In 1981, Aykroyd read an article on quantum physics and parapsychology in The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, which gave him the idea of trapping ghosts.
How old was Bill Murray when filming Ghostbusters?
by Jeff Labrecque. 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.
It has been reported that for the original sequel, 1989's Ghostbusters II, Murray, Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and director Ivan Reitman received an upfront salary of $6 million each and a 35% split of the gross, which would have netted them an estimated $50 million in all.
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.
Speaking about the legacy of the movie in a 2008 interview, Murray reflected: “When we did the sequel, it was rather unsatisfying for me because the first one to me was the goods. It was the real thing. The sequel, it was a few years later [and] there was an idea pitched.
William “Bill” Murray said he enlisted in the military at the age of 17 because everyone else his age was doing it in the 1940s. He also wanted to have a choice in what branch he served in, which was the U.S. Navy.
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.
Dan Aykroyd originally wrote the script with John Belushi in mind to play the role of Venkman but Belushi died of a drug overdose on March 5 1982, leading Murray to get the role.
Eddie Murphy reveals that Dan Aykroyd offered him a part in Ghostbusters but he turned it down: 'I did Beverly Hills Cop instead' Eddie Murphy has revealed that he turned down a role in the classic comedy film Ghostbusters.
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.
"They had a few arguments on set, including one in which my dad uncharacteristically lost his temper, grabbed Bill by the collar, and shoved him up against a wall,” she reveals. “Eventually, Bill just completely shut my dad out… for the next twenty years.”
Dan Aykroyd, who co-wrote and co-starred in "Ghostbusters" with Ramis, was at North Shore Congregation Israel with wife Donna Dixon, as were Chevy Chase, star of Ramis' "Caddyshack" and "National Lampoon's Vacation," with his wife, Jayni; "SCTV" co-stars Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas; Second City co-owner/CEO Andrew ...
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.
In 1997, Moranis took a hiatus from working in the film industry. He later explained, "I'm a single parent and I just found that it was too difficult to manage to raise my kids and to do the traveling involved in making movies. So I took a little bit of a break.
How many biological children does Bill Murray have?
Bill Murray has a large brood of all boys. The dad of six welcomed his two oldest sons, Homer, 41, and Luke, 38, with his first wife Margaret Kelly, whom he was married to from 1981 to 1996. He shares sons Caleb, 30, Jackson, 28, Cooper, 26, and Lincoln, 19, with his second wife, Jennifer Butler.
