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CINEMA: Are you afraid of flying, Mr. Aykroyd?
Aykroyd: No, I just think it's so boring. I am happy on the road. This is the Blues Brother in me.
CINEMA: Between the first and second films have gone 18 years - why the long break?
Aykroyd: This of course has much to do with the death of John Belushi too. I never wanted to play with the Blues Brothers or wear the black robe, or ever think about a sequel. I again came into contact with the Blues Brothers. Whenever a new "House of Blues" or "Hard Rock Cafe" opened, the band were hired for the opening night. I went with them on stage, and after a while I got added Jim Belushi and John Goodman. When we were together three, I felt that now was the opportunity to tell a second story, and in the spirit and memory of John Belushi.
CINEMA: When Jim Belushi had belonged to the band, why he is missing in the film?
Aykroyd: (excited) This is truly a misery, I was pissed and howled with rage. His management had accidentally posted him twice, and Jim came not out of the contract. An administration margin. It's not fair that he wasnt in "Blues Brothers 2000".
CINEMA: Is it true that many studios were opposed to the project?
Aykroyd: It was very difficult to ask Universal to shoot the film. Hollywood has basically an aversion to the Blues Brothers. It is said that they were too subversive and irreverent: "How can you dare, a national shrine as Aretha Franklin to offer a job as an actress?" The commercial success of the first film in Hollywood is as inexplicable miracles, not repeatable. Also thought it all for an incalculable risk to make a rap-"musical about blues and old men".
CINEMA: What arguments have overcome this prejudice?
Aykroyd: (sarcastically) Well, that old men can not make music, we see so much of the Rolling Stones. First and foremost, we prayed them the global box office numbers down in the first film. In Hollywood, the rule applies: If you can make money, you can also make movies. And so they finally gave the green light. It was still quite a tug of war. The low investment risk, ultimately spoke for us. The film cost only 30 million U.S. dollars, which is far below the average.
CINEMA: What is true sir, about your weight. You have slimmed down since "Grosse Point Black."
Aykroyd: You can hardly imagine "Elwood Blues" as a fat meatball. In the months before the movie, I went jogging 15 kilometers a day through New York. The pounds that I lost, now all stuck in a suit by director John Landis.
CINEMA: A stupid question: What is the message of "Blues Brothers 2000"?
Aykroyd: Quite simply, people should go and make music. We live in an era in which new records not included in the studio, but manufactured on the computer. There are synthetic drums, synthetic violins and even synthetic songs. The Blues Brothers are available for hand-made music. They should teach the next generation to feel that there is nothing greater than a guitar in your hand and play live. Real live!
CINEMA: You already collecting ideas for a third part of the "Blues Brothers"?
Aykroyd: One thing is clear to me: There will be no part 3 without a Blues Sister. I was often accused of being bad women came away with the Blues Brothers. All I can say is true. But women always come off badly, when men make films. They wear small bathing suits, have no text, and will leave at the end. I swore to myself that this will be in a possible third part different.
