When I say recognisable I mean actors that so famous that when you watch a movie of theirs you think of them as the actor and not the character that they are playing. A Great example of this would be Will Smith. When I saw Ali it was like “oh look Will Smith is a boxer”. if you get an unknown for a part you cannot relate them to anything else apart from the part that you are watching them in. This makes the beleivability of their role easier.

As for Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and all the other actors in Ghostbusters. You may have recognised them from Saturday Night Live and some other smaller films such as Stripes and Blues Brothers but they were not known worldwide. Ghostbusters is what really made them recognisable worldwide and well established movie stars. In countries such as England where we had never even heard of Saturday Night Live never mind watched it, the chances areyou would have never even heard of Bill Murray or Dan Aykroyd. When I saw the movie in the cinema in 84 I didn't recognise one of the actors. This is one of the reasons the movie came across as beleivable.

Hey now… Blues Brothers was by no means a small movie. You watch your ass with talk like that… (loads gun)

In all seriousness tho… I think that IF new Ghostbusters were brought in, they would have to be cut from the same cloth that Bill, Dan and Harold were, they would have to be former SNL and 2nd city veterens and such. And of course, they would have to have worked together, because the chemistry those three had would NEVER have happened if they werent so comfortable together.

P.S.: I think John Leguizamo could definitely pull off being a GB-in-training. I could totally see him and Peter's personalities playing off each other really well. Both are smartasses. lol

Id much rather see Ryan Renolds as a ghostbuster, I can definantly see him ulling off Venkman's humor. You cant tell me you cant imagine hearing Renolds saying…“Back of man, I'm a scientist…”

dr.raystanz
You cant tell me you cant imagine hearing Renolds saying…“Back of man, I'm a scientist…”

yeah, and it makes me cringe. ryan reynolds can't hold a candle to bill murray in regards to timing, delivery, improv skills….

Para-psychology_doc
Hey now… Blues Brothers was by no means a small movie. You watch your ass with talk like that… (loads gun)

In all seriousness tho… I think that IF new Ghostbusters were brought in, they would have to be cut from the same cloth that Bill, Dan and Harold were, they would have to be former SNL and 2nd city veterens and such. And of course, they would have to have worked together, because the chemistry those three had would NEVER have happened if they werent so comfortable together.

P.S.: I think John Leguizamo could definitely pull off being a GB-in-training. I could totally see him and Peter's personalities playing off each other really well. Both are smartasses. lol

I didn't say that it was a small movie. Just a smaller movie than Ghostbusters, which is true.

Ok, I'll agree with you there, I jus thought you were calling Blues Brothers a small film.

If they make another Gb movie. It would be nice to see some new cast members. But I would like see the orginal cast members in the movie.

It seems logical!

Cassidy (*janine) :-) (*rant)