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Dec 16, 2021 · Director Jason Reitman discusses the important role Bob Gunton played in the making of Ghostbusters: Afterlife in a new interview.
- “It’s A Movie That Ends with A Hug”
- A Supernatural Stand-In
- Visual Effects Wizardry
- The Ultimate Seal of Approval
According to co-writer/director Jason Reitman (son of original “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman), he always had the ending of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” in mind. “You don’t know you’re going to make a movie when you know the beginning of the movie. You know you’re going to make a movie when, you know the end of the movie. That seems like a simpl...
When production began on “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” in the summer of 2019 they already had an Egon. Sort of. Reitman hired Bob Gunton, the talented, 76-year-old character actor perhaps best known as the sadistic warden from “The Shawshank Redemption,” as the on-set Egon. “He’s this brilliant actor who came and performed the scene with the original g...
By Reitman’s estimation, the process of returning Egon took two years. The visual effects house tasked with the job was London-based MPC, who also started on the project in the summer of 2019. Perhaps best known for their work on Jon Favreau’s “The Lion King” and “The Jungle Book,” MPC had also convincingly brought 1982 Sean Young back using a simi...
Bringing Egon back was undoubtedly the biggest filmmaking challenge of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” But Reitman knew it would work relatively early. “Of the many things that terrified me about making this film, this was at the top of the list,” Reitman said. “And the first time I saw young Harold, I knew they were going to be able to do it. What they...
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Bob Gunton is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo.
YearTitleRoleNotes2019Frederick WentzEpisode: "Reichenbach Falls"2019President Harry S. TrumanEpisode: "The Washington Merry-Go Round"2019Colonel ChristiansonEpisode: "Funeral Crashers"2018Nicholas Moore2 episodesBob Gunton (credited as "The Ghost Farmer") and Ivan Reitman also portray living and ghostly versions of Egon, respectively, using prosthetics and digital makeup. [16] [17] [18] J. K. Simmons plays Ivo Shandor, the leader of a Gozer-worshiping cult responsible for the Sumerian god Gozer's arrival in Ghostbusters .
Dec 14, 2021 · The Ending Hinged On A Hug. Columbia Pictures. Bob Gunton is probably best known for playing the villainous Warden Norton in Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption," but he's surely popped up ...
