Hudson shared an example on the radio show of how the studio wasn’t very supportive, noting that he wasn’t on the movie posters when they came out.
“It took a long time. I went to the movie’s 30th anniversary premiere and all the posters are three guys.”he continued. “Now I know that the fans see him differently, and I’m very thankful for the fans because they basically identified with Winston, especially the young people, I don’t want to say minority children, but a lot of children.”
The actor explained that with ongoing negotiations for a new Ghostbusters movie set to begin filming in March, he’s making sure it’s not seen as an “add-on.”
“If I’m going to do it, it has to make sense,” Hudson said. “When you start in the business, I was always told that it is almost impossible to succeed. But if you walk into a major movie from a major studio and it comes out and opens number one, it will change your career. Well, Ghostbusters didn’t do any of that for me. I was working pretty non-stop, I made the movie and it was two and a half years before I got another movie.”
He went on to explain that Winston’s role in the film changed from when he originally received the script until they began filming. At first, the character of him was introduced early on. When it came time for the shoot, Winston came halfway through.
“It was not an easy path. Ghostbusters, I would say, was probably the most psychologically difficult movie I’ve ever done,” he continued. “All those things… It definitely felt deliberate. And I’m still not trying to take it personally.”.
Hudson concluded: “Anything bad, if you’re African American in this country, anything bad happens to you, you can always blame it because I’m black. You don’t want to go there. That’s the last thing I want to do… I have nothing bad to say about anyone, but it was hard. It took me 10 years to get over that and enjoy the movie and just embrace the movie, it was very hard to come to terms with that.”
Source: Ambito
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