25 Things You Didn't Know About Ghostbusters

Dan Aykroyd has been very open about how his original picks to star in the movie were much different to those who finally made it, and Murphy joins fellow SNL alumnus John Belushi as another big name whose career may have gone in a different direction if fate hadn't gotten in the way.

In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Murphy explained that his decision to not enter the Ghostbusters universe had nothing to do with the script, or the pay not being very good, but a simple scheduling conflict that saw Murphy already committed to filming Beverly Hills Cop.