James Acaster Talks Joining the Iconic 'Ghostbusters' Franchise | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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James Acaster dishes to THR on the 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' red carpet what it was like joining the iconic franchise. Plus, he recalls the first time he's ever watched the original 'Ghostbusters.'

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00:00So you are one of the newest cast members in this film.

00:03What did it feel like to be joining such an iconic franchise like Ghostbusters?

00:07Yeah, it's just, I mean, it feels like too big to comprehend a lot of the time.

00:11You know, I've loved Ghostbusters since I can remember.

00:14Had the backpack, lunchbox, watched the cartoons all the time.

00:17So, like, it feels like, you know, you're stepping into something that's always been a part of your life.

00:22And that, maybe when I watch this, it will sink in a bit more.

00:26Do you remember the first time you watched the original Ghostbusters?

00:30Yeah, I think I was a teenager because I think I just, like, watched the cartoons as a kid

00:34and then discovered there was a film, you know, and watched that.

00:38And it was like the cartoon has suddenly come into the real world

00:41and I was watching it in live action and it was really exciting.

00:45What can you tell us about your character in this?

00:47His name's Lars Pinfield.

00:48He works in the lab, the Ghostbusters lab, a scientist and inventor.

00:52And maybe likes Ghostbusters more, he likes people, but has finally found the group that he belongs in as well.

00:59Did you take any inspiration from other films or characters in preparing for this role?

01:03Weirdly, there was like, you know, the director said to watch Egon in the original films.

01:09And so, like, I'll watch that.

01:10But, you know, you don't want to just try and do the exact thing

01:13because you're never going to do it, like, the same.

01:14You want to bring your own thing to it.

01:16So, yeah, I was just trying to be as serious as possible

01:20but, like, start with that character as, like, the springboard.

01:24So since this is Ghostbusters, I have to ask, what is your scariest ghost story, if you have any?

01:30I think when I was a kid, I thought that I could hear someone downstairs.

01:35And I walked across the landing and down onto the staircase and looked into the living room

01:40and there was a torch, like, kind of moving across the bookshelves

01:44and I shouted at my parents and they came rushing out and turned on all the lights

01:47and no one was there and no one was in the house, no one was anywhere.

01:51And that's the only time where I might have seen a torch ghost.

01:55Does it still scar you to this day?

01:57Still puzzles me.

01:58I mean, someone did point out to me that it might have been someone in my garden

02:02shining a torch through the window thinking about breaking in

02:04and then all the lights went on and they ran away.

02:07That might be what happened.

02:08So probably a ghost was better then?

02:10Yeah, I prefer to think it was a ghost.

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