The Ghostbusters franchise is a series of supernatural comedies. It was created by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis in 1984. In the franchise, Bill Murray plays Peter Venkman. He is the Ghostbuster, who is more interested in pursuing women than catching ghosts.
This is the character that Paul Rudd admired during his childhood and even dreamed of embodying his qualities in real life, too.
Kid Paul Rudd Envisioned Living Bill Murray’s Ghostbusters Character in Real Life
Paul Rudd always wanted to be Peter Venkman. He expressed his admiration for Bill Murray’s character Venkman in Ghostbusters. He saw Murray as super cool and dreamed of a world where he could be someone like Murray. As Rudd explains in the interview with AV Club:
“Well, I was pretty taken with Venkman. I was just saying that, with Bill Murray, as everybody is, I am a huge fan of his. When I saw the movie, I just thought, ‘that’s the coolest character I’ve ever seen’. I would like to think that in my dream world, I could be that cool under pressure and always funny. In my fantasy world, I would get to be somebody like him.”
But it is all worth it for Rudd because he later got to star with Murray in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Though he did not get to play the role of Peter Venkman, he did get to play along with who played it.
Now, they will be seen together again in the fifth upcoming film of the franchise—Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Working in the franchise he grew up watching is like a dream come true for Rudd.
Paul Rudd is Grateful Having Worked with Bill Murray in the Ghostbusters Franchise
Paul Rudd was named Sexiest Man Alive in 2021. At the Ghostbusters: Afterlife premiere, he told ET‘s Lauren Zima what his co-star Bill Murray thinks about his new title.
“He just laughed at how many times I’m going to have to answer a question about it, and he wished he could watch every single answer,” the Mute star shared. “It’s happening right now. Right before our very eyes.”
Rudd joked that the real Sexiest Man Alive should be Murray because he was “incredible” to work with the latest film of the Ghostbusters classic. He continued, “The entire thing is just so incredible to be a part of it.”
The actor grew up watching this movie. Now, being part of it, the 54-year-old can’t help but feel amazed. The experience has become a high point in his life, and he still cannot believe that it is real.
The Hollywood actor talked more about working with Murray, saying, “Legendary doesn’t even cover it. I’m such a huge Bill Murray fan,” he gushed.
