Hollywood icon's real age stuns BBC viewers: 'What's his secret?' (2024)

The One Show viewers were in shock after discovering the real age of an A-list actor who has turned back time.

Hollywood legend Ernie Hudson appeared on tonight’s BBC show to discuss his role in the new Ghostbusters film, alongside his co-stars Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace.

However, fans became distracted during the interview with presenters Roman Kemp and Jermaine Jenas after learning that Ernie, who looks like he has barely aged, is nearly 80, having turned 78 in December.

Their disbelief was further compounded when they realised Ernie appeared in the original Ghostbusters film, playing the part of Winston Zeddemore, which was released 40 years ago.

Absolutely floored, Dli O’Doir demanded on X: ‘Watching #theoneshow on BBC1 and wondering how on earth is@ernie_hudson 78 years old? Whats your secret Ernie?’

Agreeing, Craig Hughes fawned: ‘Ernie Hudson is a legend, looks amazing for his age.’

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Russ added: ‘Ernie Hudson doesn’t look a day older than the day the original#ghostbusterswas released 78!!! Jesus!!’

As well as the first Ghostbusters, Ernie starred in the follow-ups Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters: Afterlife, as well as the 2016 female remake of the original, playing the cameo role of Patty Tolan’s uncle.

Speaking about Ghostbusters’ enduring legacy on The One Show, Ernie said: ‘Fans for 40 years they’ve kept it alive even when there was no Ghostbusters. People got tattoos. They just showed up and kept it going.’

However, Ernie previously recalled his experiencemaking the original Ghostbustersas ‘very, very difficult’ and claimed that the studio ‘selectively pushed him aside’.

‘I was the guy who was brought in, and so finding my place in the middle of that — and they were all welcoming and inclusive. The studio wasn’t, and the studio continued not to be.’

‘So it made it very, very difficult because I was a part of it but then very selectively I was pushed aside,’ he claimed while speaking on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show in 2022.

That guy from Ghostbusters who just rocked up looks amazing. 40 years since the movie have been kind to him! #theoneshow #oneshow #theoneshowbbc

— Mojoreizering (@mojoreizering) March 21, 2024

Ernie Hudson doesn’t look a day older than the day the original #ghostbusters was released

78!!! Jesus!! #theoneshow @BBCTheOneShow

— Russ (@RussC2023) March 21, 2024

Ernie Hudson is a legend, looks amazing for his age. 👻 #theoneshow

— Craig Hughes 🦡🍄🐍 (@BadgerousThree) March 21, 2024

The Miss Congeniality and Grace & Frankie actor also pointed out that he was ‘not on the poster’ for the film.

But he acknowledged that he was ‘so thankful’ for Ghostbusters fans for ‘seeing it differently’ as he recalled that ‘the fans basically identified with Winston, especially young – I don’t want to say minority kids – but a lot of kids’.

Looking back on their first outing together, however, Hudson was full of praise forlate director Ivan Reitmanand his castmates, who were all already established stars.

In the latest Ghostbusters, Ernie also stars alongside the likes of Off Menu host and comedian James Acaster and Paul Rudd.

According to the synopsis: ‘InGhostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level.

‘But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an army of ghosts that casts a death chill upon the city, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.’

Since starting his showbusiness career in the 70s, Ernis has starred in a huge number of TV shows and films, from The Basketball Diaries to Desperate Housewives.

Metro.co.uk has previously contacted Sony Pictures Entertainment for comment, on behalf of original studio Columbia-Delphi Productions.

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