Paul Feig's upcoming Ghostbusters reboot has not had an easy ride as far as marketing is concerned. The first trailer is currently the most disliked YouTube movie trailer in history, and a second trailer (released a few days ago) didn't do much to improve on the mostly negative reactions. In a new interview with Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine, director and co-writer Feig defended the film while discussing the incredibly poor reception to the first trailer. “We have over 60 million hits,” he said, “so let’s put it in context a little bit. … All I can ask is, people, either give us a chance, or you don’t have to see it. I’m really proud of it."
Feig maintains that he is very supportive of his main cast, who have also received criticism (with the possible exception of Kate McKinnon). “I think it’s fun. I’m so proud of my cast. I think the cast is so good, and they can stand in the footsteps of who came before, because they’re such funny people but they’re different. That’s all you really want out of a comedy at the end of the day, is something different and new, and to just see great people do it.”
Feig also said that the trailers to all his films are rarely strong, and that there's more to the film than just using the actresses as placeholders for the original cast. “I think a lot of people thought we were going to take the original script and just flip it, so that Melissa’s going to be Venkman, and Kate’s going to be Ray Stantz! And you’re like, ‘well, no, we would never do that.’ Nobody knows what you’re doing, so it could be anything. For us, we just needed to plant a flag and go, ‘here’s kind of how some of the stuff in the movie is!’”
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