Why Bill Murray found Ghostbusters: Afterlife 'really hard' to shoot

Why Bill Murray found Ghostbusters: Afterlife 'really hard' to shoot

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is finally set to hit theaters later this year. Following 3 release delays, the film is slated for a November release, and while a new set of younger heroes will take center stage, the show's iconic fan is also expected to appear to some extent. Among that ensemble is Bill Murray, who reprises his role as Dr. Peter Venkman in the first 2 Ghostbuster movies. Now seventy, Murray isn't as fiery as he used to be, and in a chat with Collider about his life and career thus far, Murray conceded that recording Afterlife put a lot of physical strain on his body. . "It was really quite difficult (to record)," Murray said. “We were there for a while, but it was physically painful. Using these bags is extremely uncomfortable. We had batteries the size of batteries. Now they have stacks the size of earrings. It is always something very heavy to carry, all the time. The singular effects on this one are a lot of wind and dirt in your face, and there was a lot of descent and ascent. I was like, "What is it? What do I do? Like a Bulgarian deadweight, or a Russian kettlebell, I get up and down with that thing on my back." Despite the demands placed on him and other former statesmen on the series, including Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson, Murray said Afterlife is worth the wait. The release of the film has been delayed 3 times due to the Covid-XNUMX pandemic, but the Sony Pictures film is now expected to stick to its current release date. “Usually when something has a really high misery factor, something comes in and there's a certain quality that, if you can capture it and project it, comes out on the screen and affects you,” Murray explained. "I think it's coming out in the fall. They pushed it back a year or a year and a half, but I'm glad they did. It'll be worth the trip."

What is Ghostbusters: Afterlife about?

Afterlife is a direct sequel to the first two Ghostbusters movies, which were released in 2 and 2. It is the fourth entry in the series but, due to the poor reception of the 2 Ghostbusters reboot film, Afterlife is billed as a continuation. .canon to the XNUMX films that preceded it. Ghostbusters: Afterlife will follow Callie (Carrie Coon), a single mother of XNUMX children, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), who move into her grandfather's old farmhouse after being evicted from their home. When horrifying events begin to threaten the nearby small town of Summerville, the family discovers their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the legacy left behind by their grandfather. The film was co-written and directed by Jason Reitman, son of former Ghostbusters actor and director Ivan Reitman, who died in XNUMX. Afterlife will also star Paul Rudd and Bokeem Woodbine, while Sigourney Weaver will also reprise it. Role of Dana Barrett from the movies XNUMX and XNUMX. Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits theaters around the world on November XNUMX.