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Dan Akroyd wrote the character Dr. Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters) for John Belushi. After Belushi's death, the part was rewritten for Bill Murray, and the character of Slimer became Belushi's contribution to the film, since Akroyd based the character on Belushi's wild personality.

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Bill Murray only accepted John Belushi's intended role of Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters after Belushi died and Chevy Chase and Micheal Keaton turned it down.

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1. The usage 'you're toast' derives from the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The scriptwriters wrote the line 'I'm gonna turn this guy into toast' but what Bill Murray, in his role as Dr. Peter Venkman, said was "This chick is toast".

2. Lorenzo Music voiced Garfield in the animated show from 1982-1994, and Peter Venkman in "The Real Ghostbusters" from 1986-1991. Both characters were played by Bill Murray in the live action movies.

3. Lorenzo Music, the actor who voiced Garfield in the original cartoon went on to voice Dr. Peter Venkman in the Real Ghostbusters cartoon. Bill Murray would go on to voice Garfield in "The Garfield Movie"

4. Bill Murray played Peter Venkman in the Ghostbusters movies, who was voiced by Lorenzo Music in the cartoon show, who also voiced Garfield in the cartoon, who was then voiced by Bill Murray in the Garfield movies

5. Dan Aykroyd originally wrote the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters for John Belushi. Aykroyd later joked that Slimer was the "Ghost of John Belushi."

6. The voice of Peter Venkman, Lorenzo Music, was fired because Bill Murray thought he sounded too much like Garfield(also voiced by Music). Only to later have Murray voice Garfield in the live action movies.

7. Bill Murray's role of Peter Venkman in the live action film was later voiced by Lorenzo Music in the animated version of Ghostbuster, and Lorenzo Music's role of Garfield in the animated version was later voiced by Bill Murray in the live action film.

8. The voice of Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters was Lorenzo Music, who said that Bill Murray (Venkman in the movie) told him that it sounded more like Garfield, who Music also voiced; after Music died, Murray took over as Garfield for Garfield: The Movie

9. About The Bill Murray-Lorenzo Music Cycle - Lorenzo Music (voice of Garfield) played Peter Venkman (Bill Murray's character) in the Ghostbusters show, and Bill Murray played Garfield in the movies.

10. Dan Aykroyd was writing a line for the film "Ghostbusters" for John Belushi's character, Peter Venkman, when he heard the news about John Belushi's death. The role would later be played by Bill Murray instead

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Dan Aykroyd was writing a line for John Belushi's character in "Ghostbusters" when he found out about John Belushi's death. He sprinted towards the house of John's wife to break the news before the media did. Peter Venkman, John's character, was later played by Bill Murray instead