It won’t be long before the Ghostbusters will be back in action. Fans have waited a long, long time to see the original crew (without Harold Ramis sadly) back to crossing the streams in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Actor Ernie Hudson who famously played Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II recently spoke with Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum and said in the upcoming film, we’ll get to know more about his character.
You can check out what he had to say below.
“We don’t know a damn thing about Winston. With Bill Murray, we see him in his little studio, or Danny in his little lab, we get a sense of what is outside of what we’re seeing. But with Winston, he’s just there. He just pops up. In the beginning, there was a backstory. Just before we started shooting, they wrote him out.”
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“Basically, instead of coming in page eight, he came in at page 68. All the backstory where I come in and we talk about who I am and I’m auditioning and explaining what I do, he just says, ‘If there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.’ I find that a funny line, but you don’t get to know who this guy is. It’s a funny bit, but unfortunately, it doesn’t give you a lot to play. So as an actor, you have to bring all of that with you, and hopefully, people will see it.”
While I am all for learning more about Winston, I think the lack of his backstory shown to viewers in the previous films was simply him being the new guy. By he joined the team they were in high demand there wasn’t much time to get to know him. He’s thrown into this job with these three guys who chase ghosts and wear nuclear reactors on their back.
More from Hudson:
“I think the studio probably worked overtime to try and make sure that the Ghostbusters were always thought of as three guys. think it’s the fans — and I really appreciate the fans who really embraced the character — and at one point Winston was one of the best-selling dolls they had, and they were surprised. I think that’s because fans really loved the character.
When asked if Winston has more depth in the upcoming film Hudson had the following to say:
“Yep! Yep, thanks to Jason Reitman. Winston is definitely a complete character.”
I’m ready folks, let’s bust some ghosts!
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