There is no arguing that the Ghostbusters franchise is an all-time classic that is loved by millions of film fanatics across the globe.
The original two films that released in the 1980s starred some of Hollywood's biggest names at the time, in Ivan Reitman-directed films.
The likes of Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman, Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler, and Ernie Hudson taking on the role of Winston Zeddemore, all starred.
However, in a recent interview, Hudson has opened up about his negative experience working on the first film.
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While the 77-year-old had nothing but good things to say about director Ivan Reitman, Hudson was not too kind on the studio behind Ghostbusters, Columbia Pictures.
Anyway, speaking about Reitman on The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show, Hudson said that he "was really, really a brilliant man and I have just so much love and appreciation for him."
However, speaking on the studio, Hudson added: "I was the guy who was brought in, and so finding my place in the middle of that… they were all welcoming and inclusive.
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"The studio wasn’t, and the studio continued not to be.
"So it made it very, very difficult because I was a part of it but then I very selectively was pushed aside."
Hudson claimed that Columbia Pictures left him out of posters for the film, adding: "I went to the 30th anniversary release of the movie and all the posters are three guys.
"Now I know the fans see it differently, and I’m so thankful for the fans because the fans basically identified with Winston, especially young – I don’t want to say minority kids – but a lot of kids."
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Over his long career, Hudson has starred in a lot of films, including The Watcher, The Crow, Leviathan and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
But Hudson called Ghostbusters 'the most difficult movie' he has ever done that made him suffer 'psychologically' for a decade.
"The original script, Winston was in the very beginning of the movie," he said.
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"By the time we got ready to shoot the movie, Winston came in halfway through the movie.
"All those things… It definitely felt deliberate. And I’m still not trying to take it personally.
"Anything bad, if you’re African American in this country, anything bad happens to you, you can always blame it on because I’m Black.
"You don’t want to go there. That’s the last thing I want to do…"
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He concluded: " got nothing bad to say about anybody but it was hard. It took me 10 years to get past that and enjoy the movie and just embrace the movie.
"Ghostbusters was really hard to make peace with."
UNILAD has contacted Columbia Pictures for comment.
Topics: Film and TV
Callum Jones