This is a cameo you might have missed: Dan Aykroyd performs Weber, the mustachioed British officer who secures Indy, Willie, and Shorty spots on a aircraft flying out of Shanghai (sadly, it is owned by Lao Che).
Aykroyd, one of many debut solid members on “Saturday Night time Stay,” had beforehand appeared in Spielberg’s World Battle II comedy “1941.” He had two career-defining roles within the Nineteen Eighties; “The Blues Brothers,” appearing alongside the late John Belushi, and Dr. Ray Stantz in “Ghostbusters” (plus its lesser-regarded sequel). This was a surprisingly private function for Aykroyd, who believes within the occult. That mentioned, Ray is essentially the most hapless Ghostbuster (he by chance summons the large Keep Puft Marshmallow man within the climax), in comparison with the sarcastic Peter Venkman (Invoice Murray), brainy Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and dealing stiff Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson).
Aykroyd was nominated for Finest Supporting Actor for “Driving Mrs. Daisy” in 1989, however his makes an attempt to grow to be a director have been stifled by the failure of 1991’s “Nothing However Bother.” That mentioned, he is nonetheless stored busy, even outdoors of appearing; he co-founded the Home of Blues venue chain.
Like “Indiana Jones,” “Ghostbusters” is a type of Nineteen Eighties cultural artifacts the children who grew up on it may possibly’t let go of, so we’ll be seeing Aykroyd play Ray as soon as extra on this 12 months’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.”