Paul Feig, director of 2016’s all-female reboot of Ghostbusters, partly blames Donald Trump for the racist and sexist criticism the film obtained from on-line trolls.
Throughout a latest interview with The Guardian, the filmmaker seemed again in any respect the hate the action-comedy, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, confronted following its debut.
“The political climate of the time was really weird, with Hillary Clinton running for office in 2016,” he recalled. “There were a lot of dudes looking for a fight. When I was getting piled on, on Twitter, I’d go back and see who they were. So many were Trump supporters.”
It didn’t cease there, as Feig stated Trump, who went on to grow to be the U.S. president, solely added gasoline to the fireplace together with his rhetoric.
“Then Trump came out against us,” the Jackpot! director stated. “He was like, “They’re remaking Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford. You can’t do that. And now they’re making Ghostbusters with only women. What’s going on?” and acquired all upset.”
Feig continued, “Everybody went fucking cannibal. It turned the movie into a political statement, as if to say, ‘If you’re pro-women, you’re going to go see this. If you’re not, then …’ I didn’t think it mattered at all that the main characters were women, but people brought a lot of baggage.”
The Easy Favor filmmaker additionally defined why he opted for a Ghostbusters reboot somewhat than a sequel to the unique 1984 and 1989 movies, which starred Invoice Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts.
“Bill [Murray] had publicly said he didn’t want to do another Ghostbusters at that point,” Feig recalled. “Harold Ramis had died. Dan and Ernie were there, but half the team felt weird. It had been 30 years and Bill and the gang were so iconic; I didn’t want to do anything that hurt the original movies.”
