‘Ghostbusters 2020’ Adds A Couple New Young Cast Members To The Ensemble
TheGhostbusters 2020cast has expanded the roster of young stars who hopefully won’t be afraid of no ghost. Following the casting ofStranger ThingsstarFinn WolfhardandGiftedactressMckenna Graceas two of the young leads, a pair of rising stars have been added to the mix.
Varietyhas word thatCeleste O’ConnorandLogan Kimhave officially signed on to take roles in the movie that is currently being calledGhostbusters 2020. Their casting comes not long after the sequel added Paul Rudd to the adult side of the ensemble cast. The film is being directed byJason Reitman, who is taking over the franchise reins from his father,Ivan Reitman, director of the original twoGhostbustersmovies from the 1980s.
Celeste O’Connor recently co-starred in the Sundance selected filmSelah and the Spades, and she also played a young version of Gugu Mbatha Raw’s character in the Netflix romanceIrreplaceable You. But this will be her biggest film role to date. As for Logan Kim, he doesn’t appear to have any acting credits to his name, but he does have anIMDb profile with a couple of headshots.
Jason Reitman had this to say about the casting of these newcomers:
“Celeste and Logan are rare talents and we’re all grateful that they’ll be lending their unique voices to GB20.”
Celeste O’Connor is 20 years old but looks like she could still play a high school student, so we’re betting that she’s a character who ends up interacting with Finn Wolfhard, likely at school since Paul Rudd is playing a teacher in the movie. As for Logan Kim, he’s clearly a younger kid, so he’ll probably end up working with McKenna Grace.
Could all four of these young stars be new Ghostbusters? It wouldn’t be surprising, but then again, maybe one of them will be a deadly ghost who starts violently picking off other kids in a haunted school. That sounds like something kids would go crazy for nowadays! After all, the Snapchat logo is a ghost, and the Ghostbusters can turn it into some kind of selfie ghost trap. Ghost kids love taking selfies, probably. Good lord, I hate myself for even making that connection.
Unfortunately, we have no details on the characters either of these rising young stars are playing. But we do know that there are new characters in this movie who share some kind of connection to the original movie’s characters in some way. However, these new characters don’t know about that connection yet.
