- Murray said that putting the proton pack back in the new “Ghostbusters” was “extremely uncomfortable”.
- The “physically painful” footage involved wind, dirt and the original Ghostbusters falling a lot.
- “It’s like a Bulgarian deadlift, or a Russian kettlebell, going up and down,” said Murray.
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Bill Murray is returning to play Dr. Peter Venkman in the latest film in the “Ghostbusters” franchise, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” – and the 70-year-old man admits to putting the proton pack back on to play the idiot ghost hunter. a toll on your body this time.
“It was physically painful,” Murray revealed during a virtual lecture recently at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, according to Collider. “Using these backpacks is extremely uncomfortable.”
Murray appeared in all sequences after the original 1984 hit, but he said filming for the new film was particularly challenging because a lot of “wind and dirt” was in his face due to the special effects. In addition, there were many falls and lifts.
“I was like, ‘What is this? What am I doing? These are like Bulgarian deadlifts, or a Russian kettlebell, going up and down with this thing on my back,'” he said. “It was very uncomfortable.”
Paul Rudd in “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”.
Sony
But the actor believes that with pain comes glory.
“Usually, when something has a very high misery quotient, something comes out of it and some quality is produced that, if you can capture it and project it, it comes up on the screen and affects you,” said Murray, according to Collider .
Sony, which launches the “Ghostbuster” films, expects “Afterlife” to be a success.
Although the original Ghostbusters was an instant comedy classic thanks to Murray’s antics and co-stars Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver and the late Harold Ramis, the 1989 sequel was a failure, as was the female reboot in 2016.
Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd in “Ghostbusters”.
Columbia
But Murray is optimistic. Not only because of the pain factor he went through this time, but also because director Jason Reitman, son of the director of the original film, Ivan Reitman, is in charge of “Life after death”.
“I remember him calling me and saying, ‘I have an idea for another’ Ghostbusters’. I have had this idea for years. ‘I thought,’ What the hell could that be? ‘ “Said Murray.” I remember him when he was a kid. I remember his Bar Mitzvah. I was like, ‘What the hell? What does this boy know?’ But he had a really wonderful idea. “
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is a direct sequel to the first two films. Along with Murray, he also stars Aykroyd, Hudson and Weaver, all reprising their original roles. The film also stars Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd and “Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard.
The film is scheduled for release in November 2021.