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Belushi

posted 18 years ago by mras76
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I just watched a new updated version of the best of John Belushi on Saturday Night Live. In the special features section, there is a Today Show interview with Aykroyd & Belushi while promoting 'Neighbors' near the end of the interview (which takes place a month or so before Belushi's death) they talk about projects that they have coming up and they briefly mention a spy comedy. I can only assume that like Ghostbusters, and Trading Places, Spies like Us was meant for Belushi as well.

[–] mcode518 18 years ago

I read somewhere that this was indeed going to be another Aykroyd and Belushi comedy. John was also supposed to be in Three Amigos alongside Dan as well.

"They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God." -Elwood Blues

[–] McStallen 18 years ago

Well Chevy Chase filled in admirably.
It's just a shame that he became completely unfunny by 1989

[–] xabat77 18 years ago

I just can't picture John Belushi as Fitz-Hume, I dunno.

[–] BigFellah1922 17 years ago

I thought Trading Places was supposed to be a Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor vehicle and once Eddie Murphy became involved (after Pryor left) he got rid of Wilder because he didn't want to be the next Richard Pryor. I didn't think it was an Aykroyd/Belushi thing.

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[–] Lunchbox-3 15 years ago

Nah, Milbarge was the brain and Fitz-Hume was the walking erection. Belushi would have been a better Fitz-Hume.

[–] criticman2000 16 years ago

I don't know what gives you the impression that these actors did lots of "improv". Neither Ackroyd or Chase do improv and they certainly wouldn't do any in a John Landis movie. This thing was totally scripted.

[–] stevenackerman69 16 years ago

Yes, if you check the book Wired, it mentions that Aykroyd was working on that script at the time Belushi died. He was planning to use John in it, as well as Ghostbusters.

[–] udonome86 16 years ago

Would've been cool to see it with him

[–] tonybny 16 years ago

From what I have read, Belushi was only supposed to be in Ghostbusters, not Trading Places or Spies Like Us.

[–] JarJarRocks 15 years ago

Belushi was great, but thank god he wasn't in any of the movies mentioned. They are perfect the way they are. The Belushi/Aykroyd working relationship went straight down hill after Blues Brothers. I don't think any of those movies would have been successful without the brilliance of Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase. They were the real stars of the movies.

[–] FacingElimination 15 years ago

Belushi could have played the role. Remember Neighbors?

Regardless of whether you found that movie funny or not, Belushi and Aykroyd were both good reversing roles.

[–] rizdek 12 years ago

So could it have been that he envisioned three "expendable" spies and then revised it to two?

[–] leosgr8 15 years ago

Personally, I never found John Belushi funny. Jim, on the other hand, is a great actor, and not stupid enough to self-destruct.

[–] bigkdr 15 years ago

Did you ever see his movie "Continental Divide?" This was not the type of movie you normally think of for John Belushi but his character (a Chicago Newspaper investigative reporter) was absolutely hilarious.

[–] Miike_Maniac 7 years ago

The only movie Jim Belushi has ever been genuinely funny in is The Man With One Red Shoe