Why You Never Hear Vigo's Real Voice In Ghostbusters II

Vigo the Carpathian, a genocidal sorcerer turned baby-napping haunted painting brought to physically intimidating life by German boxer, wrestler, and actor Wilhelm von Homburg. But while he boasts an equally menacing voice in Ghostbusters II, we can't give Homburg credit for that aspect of the character.

I love the original "Ghostbusters," but I have to say that the fandom surrounding the film has grown a little ... weird. Certain people hold the comedy up as some sort of sacred, infallible work of art when really it's the story of a bunch of chain-smoking slobs who crack wise and then get covered in slime. In short: "Ghostbusters" is very, very silly. But you don't have to take my word for it! Listen to one of the creators of "Ghostbusters," Mr. Dan Aykroyd, who says that the little yellow tubes hanging off the Ghostbuster suits are there so the Ghostbusters can piss themselves when they get scared by ghosts.

You might think a component as integral to the movie's climax as "don't cross the streams" would be all over every draft of the script, but that's apparently not how it happened. According to co-writer and co-star Harold Ramis, that moment was not in the shooting script – it was worked out on set while filming the big confrontation with Gozer the Gozerian.

As it turned out, Sigourney Weaver's audition was instrumental in determining the course of the film's last act.

"Ghostbusters: Afterlife" is passing the directorial torch from original "Ghostbusters" franchise director Ivan Reitman to his accomplished filmmaker son Jason Reitman. This is the first time the younger Reitman is heading into blockbuster territory, and the pressure is on, not just because this is a huge, beloved franchise, but because he'll peeking out from the shadow of his father. Even though Jason Reitman is at the helm of the film, he still had to work closely with his father. Not only was Ivan Reitman producing the movie, but he was an important part of making sure that the familiar elements of "Ghostbusters" were intact, especially with how meticulously certain pieces of Ghostbusters iconography were being recreated and reused. That includes the slime.