She has played Janine in Ghostbusters since the franchise started, not to mention her star turn as Bo Peep. But, as Potts says, her life and career were almost over before they had really begun
The hallowed beige flight suit was not in the plan. “It wasn’t originally scripted that way,” says Annie Potts of her character Janine’s move from long-suffering receptionist to action hero in the latest Ghostbusters film. Potts has starred, however briefly, in all of the films in the franchise, including the 2016 all-female version. The forthcoming film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, is the fifth Ghostbusters film in all, and is released later this month.
“It wasn’t until about halfway through shooting that Gil [Kenan, the director] came to me and said: ‘I think we’re going to put her in the flight suit.’ Of course, I was thrilled, because women can do everything that men do.”
