I said you can't have dogs, we already have too much dog imagery in the movie. He'll have a German accent and he'll have Rottweilers. He kept coming back and saying well maybe I'll play him in German. Harold and John had worked together in SCTV up in Canada and all of us worked in Stripes and only naturally he should be in this film.
Do you remember that? We called up John and said 'John, you got to be in this, Harold is in it. Ivan Reitman says: "Now the part was originally written for John Candy.
He came up with the idea of Louis being an accountant, and the character really started to evolve from that point on." Fortunately, Rick Moranis was and he really helped to tailor the character. Joe Medjuck says "By the time shooting actually began, though, John was no longer available. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. He was similar to the Johnny LaRue character that John did on SCTV." Joe Medjuck says "At first, Louis was a much different character than the one you see in the film. With a diet cola television commercial for inspiration, one creature transforms itself into a beautiful woman, while the other transforms into a heavy-set man." Paragraph reads: "The character makes his first appearance in the June draft as a fellow refuge of the creature which was to become Venkman's interdimensional love interest. Paragraph reads: "In anticipation of getting John Candy for the role, the character Louis Tully was originally molded to suit Candy's persona."
On page 7 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #3, on Egon Spengler's white board, is a storyboard from the first movie depicting Louis Tully, portrayed then as John Candy, running from Vinz Clortho in Central Park.Dan Schoening based him visually on John Candy's character Dr. On page 17 of Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #4, the tenant in room 2206 is John Candy's take of Louis Tully - a German man with two dogs.At one point, Terminal Reality Character Artist Jesse Sosa pushed hard for John Candy to be basis for the look of the Rookie in Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
The Louis Tully character written for John Candy had earthier interests.Rick Moranis took on the role and added to the character, even improvising lines during the party scene. Joe Medjuck notes Louis would have been similar to Candy's Johnny LaRue character from SCTV. With a diet cola commercial, one creature turns into a beautiful woman while the other turns into a heavy-set man. Louis first appeared in the June draft as a fellow refugee of the creature which was to become Peter Venkman's interdimensional love interest. John Candy was originally going to portray Louis Tully and thus, molded to match his persona.John Candy is a former cast member of SCTV with Rick Moranis."Ghostbusters" music video - Actor as himself.