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40 Years Ago, Ernie Hudson Missed Out on Reprising His ‘Ghostbusters’ Role for a Bizarre Reason

Hudson auditioned to voice Winston in ‘The Real Ghostbusters,’ only to lose the role to Arsenio Hall for a wild reason.

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One of the best-case scenarios for someone working on a spin-off of a popular movie would be to have at least one cast member from the original film be involved with what they’re doing—or so you would think. But for the 1986 animated series The Real Ghostbusters, the showrunners actually turned away one of the…well, real Ghostbusters, ironically enough.

The show ran for seven seasons on ABC, during which time the part of Winston Zeddemore was voiced by Arsenio Hall (Seasons 1-3) and Buster Jones (Seasons 4-7). As fans of the first two Ghostbusters........

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