Warning: SPOILERS for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the fourth movie in the franchise’s main continuity, brought together four decades’ worth of movie stars to tell a Ghostbusters story larger in scope than any that had come before. Co-written and produced by Ghostbusters: Afterlife director Jason Reitman and directed by Gil Kenan, the movie continues the story of the Spengler family while incorporating the original Ghostbusters and surprising new additions to series lore. New cast members Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Alyn Lind joined Dan Aykroyd, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, and more.
One original Ghostbuster in particular had a central role in the new film’s story. As it turns out, Winston Zeddemore—played by Ernie Hudson—spent his post-Ghostbusting years building an empire, which allowed him to fund a lab responsible for creating many of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’s inventions and gadgets. It’s a satisfying development for the character of Winston, who was (in)famously left out of much of the marketing material for the 1984 original film.
Screen Rant interviewed Ernie Hudson about strapping on a proton pack for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, in a discussion that ranged from Winston’s new role, the future of the character, and the odds of getting Rick Moranis back into a Ghostbusters uniform.
Screen Rant: You said a major condition for you in returning to this franchise was that Winston has to be a full part of the story. How do you feel about his role as the funder of the Ghostbusters in this movie?
One of my favorite parts of the whole movie was how Winston allowed us to see how the lore is expanding, and how these new gadgets are coming to be. Was that exciting to you when you read the script?
Do you have anywhere that you would like to see the next film go, and would you want to keep coming back in the future?
Speaking of quick cameos: what do we, as a society, need to do to get Rick Moranis to show up, just for a minute?
I was sorry to hear about Quantum Leap. I was wondering if you had a reaction to that, and how you had hoped to continue Magic’s story in that series.
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an army of ghosts that casts a death chill upon the city, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
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Source: Screen Rant Plus