- April 7th, 2020, 4:42 pm#4933453
If your Bill Murray, when Dan Aykroyd(a lifelong friend and collaborator), Harold Ramis(Who is partly responsible for you being where you are today) and Ivan Reitman(the guy whose directed the biggest hits of you career) asks you to be involved in a Ghostbusters 3 YOU SAY “YES”. Just out of loyalty. Out of respect.
Imagine how hard it must be to be Ernie Hudson. Sure, you’re lucky to be involved in the franchise at all. But Ghostbusters 3 has been dangling in front of him like a carrot on a stick for years. All it would’ve taken to get made is a simple “Yes” from Bill. Did anyone read that article he wrote for EW around the time the reboot was announced? It broke my heart. I remember this part so well. He talked about how they always use to say Dan was the heart, Harold was the brains and Bill was the mouth. Well what about Winston(AKA Ernie)? Ernie said he always felt Winston was the soul.
Edit: and let’s not kid ourselves here. As much as I adore Ghostbusters, it’s a product. It’s not a “piece”. It’s meant to be blockbuster entertainment with toys and happy meals and all that jazz.
Timo wrote: ↑April 7th, 2020, 9:46 am I'm not the biggest Anderson fan, too, but his movies are art. They're not products.The point isnt that he shouldn’t give an automatic “Yes” to Wes Anderson. Of course he should. The point is he strung along Dan, Ivan and Harold for decades. Not reading scripts, knowing that a Ghostbusters movie without him wouldn’t happen. Knowing that a great guy like Ernie Hudson could’ve used the career boost, possibly the paycheque. People were depending on him. He wouldn’t even read the damn script.
And for the actual products Murray did, like Garfield and stuff, they are no sequels to a piece like Ghostbusters. They're allowed to be "just" fun.
If your Bill Murray, when Dan Aykroyd(a lifelong friend and collaborator), Harold Ramis(Who is partly responsible for you being where you are today) and Ivan Reitman(the guy whose directed the biggest hits of you career) asks you to be involved in a Ghostbusters 3 YOU SAY “YES”. Just out of loyalty. Out of respect.
Imagine how hard it must be to be Ernie Hudson. Sure, you’re lucky to be involved in the franchise at all. But Ghostbusters 3 has been dangling in front of him like a carrot on a stick for years. All it would’ve taken to get made is a simple “Yes” from Bill. Did anyone read that article he wrote for EW around the time the reboot was announced? It broke my heart. I remember this part so well. He talked about how they always use to say Dan was the heart, Harold was the brains and Bill was the mouth. Well what about Winston(AKA Ernie)? Ernie said he always felt Winston was the soul.
Edit: and let’s not kid ourselves here. As much as I adore Ghostbusters, it’s a product. It’s not a “piece”. It’s meant to be blockbuster entertainment with toys and happy meals and all that jazz.