Relax, relax. This Ghostbusters article has nothing to do with the 2016 remake – you’re in a safe space, or at least safe from any news regarding that blockbuster bellyflop. We’re going back to 1984’s original, a time when the word Ghostbusters invoked instantaneous warmth and not instantaneous comment section bloodbaths.
The 1984 film was fronted by a star-studded tripartite of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Yet, as is so often the case, that line-up wasn’t originally envisaged. Aykroyd, who was also one of the franchise’s writers and key creative figures, has taken part in the Netflix series The Movies That Made Us, and elucidated his initial casting schematic in the show’s Ghostbusters episode, saying:
“I wrote it for Eddie Murphy. It was me, John Belushi, and Eddie Murphy. We were supposed to be the original Ghostbusters.”
Take A Ride With This First Ghostbusters: Afterlife...
The 1984 film was fronted by a star-studded tripartite of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Yet, as is so often the case, that line-up wasn’t originally envisaged. Aykroyd, who was also one of the franchise’s writers and key creative figures, has taken part in the Netflix series The Movies That Made Us, and elucidated his initial casting schematic in the show’s Ghostbusters episode, saying:
“I wrote it for Eddie Murphy. It was me, John Belushi, and Eddie Murphy. We were supposed to be the original Ghostbusters.”
Take A Ride With This First Ghostbusters: Afterlife...
- 12/18/2019
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
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