Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters: Afterlife is finally getting ready to haunt theaters on November 19, 2021, and the main cast from the original two movies is back for this one.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts are all coming back for this sequel to the original classic, reprising their iconic and beloved roles.
On “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Murray, Aykroyd and Hudson reunited last night, relaying what it was like to put the Proton Packs back on over 30 years later.
Murray jokes, “It hurt. There was a lot of pain. For some reason these directors like to say, ‘Alright, now you guys are all down on the ground,’ with this thing on our back. And now you’ve gotta roll over, like a dead bug, and try to get up while wearing a vacuum cleaner. But it was… you had shockwaves of memory from it, and you went, ‘oh god, this is horrible.'”
The beloved actor continues, “It was very long days, and it was a very heavy thing. It’s not as heavy as the original was, but we’re weaker. So it’s about the same.”
Ernie Hudson, on the other hand, had a much more emotional experience on set.
Hudson explains, “I never thought we would [be back]. Until I got there and I realized it’s actually happening. But I will say, when I got in the suit, and Bill and Dan and Sigourney…
“It was almost spiritual, man. I was almost in tears. It was great.”
During the chat, Murray also offered up a humorous take on the film’s tone, which has been played up in the marketing to be far more emotional than it is, well, funny.
“Everyone that has seen it has said that they cry at the movie, so it should be an extremely successful comedy,” Murray jokes.
You can watch the full interview from “The Tonight Show” below.
In this year’s Ghostbusters film, written by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan…
“When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.”
Afterlife‘s cast includes Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd.