Eddie Murphy Reveals Why He Turned Down GHOSTBUSTERS
Mike Sprague
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As most of us know by this point in time, original Ghostbusters co-writer Dan Aykroyd says he wrote the film to star himself, John Belushi, and Eddie Murphy. And it turns out this is true.
And the other night, Murphy told Jimmy Fallon why he turned the film down, saying:
“Yes, but I did Beverly Hills Cop. It wasn’t like I turned it down inasmuch as I wasn’t available because I was doing this other movie.”
Well, okay then. I guess I was kinda hoping that he had, I don’t know, a more entertaining reason for turning down one of the great comedies of our time. But there you go, plain and simple.
He was already doing Beverly Hills Cop.
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In the meantime, remember that Up in the Air and Thank You For Smoking director Jason Reitman’s new Ghostbusters flick Ghostbusters: Afterlife starring Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, and Paul Rudd hits in July 2020. Check out the film’s first trailer HERE.
It will see the return of original Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 cast including Bill Murray as Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz, Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore, Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett, and Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz.
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