Bill Murray claims that filming the new Ghostbusters sequel was an acutely uncomfortable experience for him
The 70-year-old actor and comedian opened up about what it felt like to slip into the boiler suit and don his proton pack again in a recent Q&A session at the 36th Santa Barbara Film Festival last week.
Murray, who famously played the sardonic character of con-man-turned-exorcist Dr. Peter Venkman in the original films, recalled how director Jason Reitman had lured him and members of the original cast back to film Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
Take a look at the trailer for the upcoming movie in the video below:Per NME, Murray recalled his experiences while on set with his former cast members Enrie Hudson, Dan Ackroyd, and Sigourney Weaver, stating:
"We were just in it for a little while, but it was physically painful. Wearing those packs is extremely uncomfortable.
"We had batteries the size of batteries. They now have batteries the size of earrings. It’s still a really heavy thing to wear, all the time."
Murray added:
"The special effects in this one are a lot of wind and dirt in your face, and there was a lot of going down and getting back up. I was like, ‘What is this? What am I doing?'
"These are like Bulgarian deadlifts, or a Russian kettlebell, getting up and down with this thing on my back. It was very uncomfortable."
However, he assured anxious Ghostbusters fans that he was excited about the project, stating: "[Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman] wrote a Ghostbusters movie that really brings it back to life. It really has the feel of the first one, more than the second one or the girls’ one. It has a different feel than two out of four."
Ghostbusters: Afterlife was originally slated to come out in theatres in 2020, but its release was postponed to November 11, 2021, as a result of the global COVID pandemic.
In addition to the original Ghostbusters cast (minus the late Harold Ramis, who portrayed Dr. Egon Spengler) Afterlife also stars Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd.
