Bill Murray ‘reunites’ with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from ‘Ghostbusters’ (TIFF 2012)
It's been almost 30 years since Bill Murray and the Ghostbusters team merged their proton packs and defeated the evil Gozer in the form of a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. And convincing as that explosion looked, it seems that Murray hasn't seen the last of the jolly, squishy villain.
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But while walking the red carpet at the premiere of "Hyde Park On Hudson" at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, a fan presented a stuffed toy of the Marshmallow Man to the 61-year-old actor to sign. And though it's every actor's dream to make a movie that audiences will remember decades after it was made, Murray might have been a bit frustrated that he's still so strongly associated with the role of Peter Venkman (maybe that's why he won't part in "Ghostbusters 3").
Always unpredictable, though, Murray not only signed the Marshmallow Man, but continued to parade and pose with it along the lineup of journalists and photographers. Stay Puft might have tried to kill him and his fellow Ghostbusters, but it's nice to know that Murray doesn't hold a grudge.
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Noticeable toy-less on the red carpet were his co-stars in "Hyde Park On Hudson," in which Murray plays former U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Laura Linney, who played it simple with a classy navy and black ensemble, plays his distant cousin and romantic interest Margaret "Daisy" Suckley in the pre-Second World War-era flick. Olivia Williams plays FDR's wife Eleanor, and was much more dramatic at the premiere in a firetruck red dress and black feather boa. Christopher Mintz-Plasse, a.k.a. McLovin from "Superbad," also showed off his buff bod and facial hair on the red carpet, looking much more manly than we're used to.
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Over the weekend, Tom Hanks had a similar blast from the past. At the opening of his film "Cloud Atlas," he autographed a Wilson volleyball, made famous as his loveable (if not particularly talkative) sidekick in the movie "Cast Away."