Bill Murray Reveals Why He Agreed to GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Appearance

Bill Murray sat down with Vulture Magazine and the topic of the new Ghostbusters movie came up, namely, the fact that he had refused to be in the sequel, but was appearing in the new Paul Feig version.

Here’s some snippets from the exchange:

But hadn’t Murray maintained for a long time that he wasn’t interested in donning that proton pack again? “That’s true, I wasn’t,” Murray admitted, though the addition of actresses like Wiig and McCarthy — who he called “a great hope” — changed his mind. “I like those girls a lot,” he said. “I mean, I really do. They are tough to say no to. And Paul is a real nice fellow.”

“I thought about it for a very long time. Like, many, many months. No, that’s not right. I was seriously thinking about this for years, really … It kept eating at me, and I really respect those girls. And then I started to feel like if I didn’t do this movie, maybe somebody would write a bad review or something, thinking there was some sort of disapproval [on my part].”

In regards to What it was like being on set:

“They have such a jolly group, and they are going to have great success with this project. I didn’t want to overshadow [them] or anything, and I feel really good about it.”

Source: Collider