I know Ghostbusters would have / could have been a breakout role for Ernie Hudson, but it wasn't. I understand him being sore over the whole thing, being re-written as a character to appear midway through the film etc., but it just seems like he's being a bit pompous for no apparent reason about GB4. Ghostbusters fans know who Ernie Hudson is. Nobody else even knows who Ernie Hudson is because nobody else freakin' cares. Lots of actors are in the same boat, working for decades and never getting much other than a steady paycheck or two here and there. 1987's LEVIATHAN had Ernie Hudson in it and because he was working alongside other quasi unknown actors, and he had just done GHOSTBUSTERS a few years prior, his name was worth putting on the marketing materials. By 1989, when GHOSTBUSTERS II came out, it was probably welcome info, pre wifi etc., to have Ernie Hudson's image on the poster, since, for people who were really into GB1 (Ghostbusters fans), it felt kinda weird at best to think of GB2 without Ernie Hudson. Most audience members probably didn't care enough for that to solidify or shake their anticipation of the film, and the poster art reads a rather impressive list of names anyway:
BILL MURRAY
DAN AYKROYD
SIGOURNEY WEAVER
RICK MORANIS
Honestly, Harold Ramis' name probably didn't need to be on there either, because most people don't know who he is, except real rarified film buffs, since most of his contributions to cinema are bts. But I'd imagine they just put his name on there anyway, because he was something of a bigshot as far as Ghostbusters is concerned.
Bottom line is I don't believe Ernie Hudson is being singled out or any more mistreated than any other second or third tier box office draw. To think the studio has any ill feelings toward him, I just don't get it. If he doesn't want to be in GB4, for whatever reason, I'd imagine the studio probably will refuse to make the movie and then before you know it, being a Ghostbusters fan will be synonymous with funneling money to neo-Nazi lobbyists
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