'Ghostbusters 3' Cast Rumors, News: Director Paul Feig Explains Why The Film Will Feature an All-Female Main Cast
The hack attack on Sony Pictures caused a lot of problems for the company, which included leaked emails and movies, leaked info on future projects, and strained relationships between some actors and top executives. Among the upcoming projects that the media got a lot of information on is the "Ghostbusters" reboot, which will star an all-women cast.
The film has been a long time coming, and it only saw some progress when director Paul Feig and writer Katie Dippold came onboard and decided to make it a reboot instead of a sequel. The movie also appears to be aiming for an A-list cast as indicated by the leaked emails, which name Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, Lizzy Caplan, and Jennifer Lawrence as part of the dream cast, and it was revealed that Ryan Gosling and Gillian Anderson were also interested to take part in the film.
In an interview with the latest issue of Empire, Feig said that the idea of having an all-female cast was what sparked his interest in pursuing the project.
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"A lot of people accused it of being a gimmick," said Feig. "I guess I can see the cynics' view of it, but for me I just love working with funny women. People said, 'Why don't you do a mix?' I'm just more interested in the idea of lady Ghostbusters. It's the way my brain works."
The director also said that he had a lot of respect for the original cast and movie that's why he chose not to make the film a sequel.
"I have too much respect for the original one. There's also the feeling that once the world knows ghosts and has seen them busted on such a large scale, they run the risk of becoming pedestrian. There's something fun about introducing our world, which has never seen ghosts, to the phenomenon of ghosts. I love origin stories and to introduce new characters," he said.
Feig mentioned that despite the amount of profanity in his previous works such as "Heat" and "Bridesmaids," he said that this won't be a problem with "Ghostbusters 3."
"The Ghostbusters world doesn't need that level of swearing. We'll have to be PG-13 with this one. I would like to make it R-Rated, but I won't. You want the biggest number of people to watch it and not be put off by it," the director explained.
