--- description: "I think maybe I need a minute before I dive back into that water" title: Why Emma Stone Said 'No' to 'Ghostbusters' Reboot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf61b84e0830bf5a4/698854e3e53aba510e4de361/474905222-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Emma Stone Said 'No' to _Ghostbusters_ Reboot by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 5:35 PM CUT  Emma Stone at the "Aloha" premiere in West Hollywood, Calif. on May 27, 2015. Emma Stone at the "Aloha" premiere in West Hollywood, Calif. on May 27, 2015.Steve Granitz—Getty Images by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 5:35 PM CUT Before the female cast of the new _Ghostbusters_ was announced, Emma Stone’s name was at the top of pretty much everyone’s dream cast list. Her _Zombieland_ costar Bill Murray even [suggested her](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2014/09/07/tiff%5Fbill%5Fmurray%5Fscares%5Fup%5Ffemale%5Fghostbusters%5Fcast%5Fsuggestions.html?app=noRedirect "undefined") as one of his ideal Ghostbusters. Now, Stone has revealed that she passed on a role in Paul Feig’s all-female reboot. “The script was really funny,” she [told _WSJ Magazine_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/emma-stone-talks-irrational-man-the-sony-hack-and-keeping-her-personal-life-private-1434547660?tesla=y "undefined"). “It just didn’t feel like the right time for me. A franchise is a big commitment—it’s a whole _thing_. I think maybe I need a minute before I dive back into that water.” Even though Stone may have turned down the opportunity to join the Ghostbusters crew herself, she did say she’s taken a lot of advice to heart from Murray, a longtime friend and original Ghostbuster. “He told me to keep some things I love just for me,” Stone said. “The idea is to have some things that you don’t feel like you need to share with the world. To have some things that are only yours.” Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones are starring in the reboot, and Chris Hemsworth just [signed on as their receptionist](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/10/chris-hemsworth-ghostbusters "undefined"). The new _Ghostbusters_ will be released in July of next year. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/17/emma-stone-passed-ghostbusters-reboot "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3924693/emma-stone-ghostbusters-reboot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3924693/emma-stone-ghostbusters-reboot/"},"headline":"Why Emma Stone Said 'No' to Ghostbusters Reboot","datePublished":"2015-06-17T17:35:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:17:39.919Z","description":"\"I think maybe I need a minute before I dive back into that water\"","url":"https://time.com/3924693/emma-stone-ghostbusters-reboot/","keywords":["movies","Ghostbusters","Bill Murray","Emma Stone"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf61b84e0830bf5a4/698854e3e53aba510e4de361/474905222-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf61b84e0830bf5a4/698854e3e53aba510e4de361/474905222-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emma Stone at the \"Aloha\" premiere in West Hollywood, Calif. on May 27, 2015.","caption":"Emma Stone at the \"Aloha\" premiere in West Hollywood, Calif. on May 27, 2015.","creditText":"Steve Granitz—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3924693/emma-stone-ghostbusters-reboot/","name":"Why Emma Stone Said 'No' to Ghostbusters Reboot"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). 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