Hollywood Rick Rick Moranis: Space Balls 2 and its quiet life

Honey, I contracted the kids and Ghostbusters star Rick Moranis walked away from Hollywood as one of the most comedy stars following his wife Ann BelskyDeath.

Moranis was started on the Canadian sketch comedy series Sctv in 1980, before landing his retiring film as the demonic possessed Louis tully In 1984’s Ghostbusters. Notable appearances in Space balls and A small shop of horrors Followed throughout the 1980s before Moranis landed his most iconic role as loving scientist Wayne Szalinski in Disney’s Honey, I contracted the kids Movies.

At the peak of Moranis’s fame, his wife, Belsky, make -up designer, died of breast cancer in 1991 and left two young children, Rachel and Mitchell behind. Moranis continued to work in Hollywood throughout the 1990s but eventually postponed his career to focus on raising his children.

“It was not a formal decision,” he explained to Hollywood reporter In 2015. “It started in an already busy year where I rejected a film that was shot out of town as the school year begins.

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Devon Saw Worked with Moranis On one of his last major projects – 1994’s Small giants – and observe that his costar is struggling.

“He would come in and would make his scenes, and he was a very kind man,” Sawa told people in February 2024. “I think he was dealing with some things during the shooting of that film, so we didn’t see much of it.”

He added, “The cast of a child was told) that he was going through some family things. And so we respected that.”

In the end, Moranis walked away on camera acting altogether by the late 1990s. He later admitted Through He had never intended to retire, although he felt that the most important thing was for him to support Rachel and Mitchell after losing their mother.

“I took a break, which turned into a longer break,” he said. “But I’m interested in anything I would find interesting. I still get the occasional inquiry about the role of film or television, and as soon as one comes on that gets on my interest, I will probably do it.”

He added, “I was working with very interesting people, amazing people. I went to be at home with a couple of toddlers, which is a very different lifestyle. But it was important to me.… I have no regrets at all. My life is wonderful.”

After his children grew up, Moranis moved to a flat in the upper east side of New York City. The Flint stones Unexpected actor made headlines in October 2020 when Attacked by a man wearing a “I Love New York” t-shirt while walking near Central Park. The NYPD released video photos of the event showing the suspect punching Moranis in his head and beating him to the ground before escaping.

“Rick Moranis was attacked on the upper west side yesterday. It’s okay but grateful for everyone’s good thoughts and wishes,” said his publisher Weekly US at the time.

The attacker, who was caught and later identified Marquis will take placewas sentenced to two years in prison in August 2022, according to the New York Post. Before this troubled event from 2020, Moranis said Through That fans are usually very respectful when approaching it.

“People are very nice when they see me,” he noted. “They ask me, ‘How don’t they make films as they used to?’ We were governed by a certain kind of flavor then, and there were places that we would not go with physical language and fluids and functions.

Moranis did not completely disappear from the spotlight, as he occasionally undertook projects that would allow him flexibility with his parenting schedule. Borrowed his voice to two disney Brother bear Animated films and hotels starred on the 2018 chapter of TV sitting The goldbergs That paid tribute to Space balls. Took part even in a postoperative interview relating to Honey, I contracted the kids in 2025.

“All I saved from the films I was in, because I used prescription glasses, I usually took a pair of glasses,” confirmed Moranis in March 2025. “I have a pair of glasses of every film I made!”

Many may not know that Moranis released two acceptable albums-Record nominated by Grammy in 2005 The openaffobic cowboy and semi-autobiographical musical, My mother’s brisket and other love songsIn 2013 – during its acting break as well.

Moranis was originally supposed to come out of retirement to play Wayne Szalinski once again in a Honey, I contracted the kids A sequel called Shrink – this time, opposite Josh bad – For Disney+. Unfortunately, Shrink Never come off the ground due to pandemic and Disney Covid-19 decision to move away from the production of live-active streaming films.

At last fans got the news they had remained decades in June 2025 when Close It was confirmed that Moranis will bring back a big screen in 2027 Space balls Progression. The long-awaited project-which states the role of Moranis’s first live acting film since 1997 Honey we shrink ourselves -It is humbled by his creative team as “an unseen-second-second sequence in a part two but with the franchise expansion film of restarting elements.”

Moranis revenge on his role as the villain Bumbling Darth Vader-esque Dark Helmet, alongside an original co-star Mel Brooks and Bill Pullman. (Thunder star Lewis Pullman is about to join Bill’s dad Space balls 2together with Keke Palmer.)