Rick Moranis is acting again. Sort of.
The former “Ghostbusters” and “Spaceballs” star appears in a new TV commercial alongside fellow Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds to promote Mint Mobile. But Moranis is just playing himself.
“So, what do you want me to do? You want me to say something about Mint?” Moranis asks Reynolds. “I’ve really got to get a phone.”
The “Deadpool” star then admits he just brought Moranis on because he’s “a huge fan.”
“That’s it?” Moranis responds. “See ya.”
According to TechCrunch, the 30-second spot promotes Mint Mobile’s new unlimited talk and text plan for $30 in the U.S. Reynolds bought an ownership stake in the mobile virtual network company that specializes in cheap prepaid phone plans last year.
Moranis, 67, quickly became a trending topic on social media as fans rejoiced at his return.
Moranis, whose credits also include “Honey I Shrunk the Kids,” “Parenthood,” “Little Giants,” “Strange Brew,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “SCTV,” retired from acting 23 years ago when his wife died and focused on raising their children. He’s done a small number of voice acting roles over the past two decades, including voicing the “Spaceballs” character Dark Helmet in a cameo on “The Goldbergs” in 2018, but has been largely absent from the screen.
His comeback is expected to be fully realized with a role in Disney’s upcoming reboot of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” starring Josh Gad as the son of Moranis' character, Wayne Szalinski, a scientist who accidentally shrunk his children. The original 1989 film’s director, Joe Johnston, will return to direct the new movie, titled “Shrunk.” It will be Moranis' first movie since 1997′s “Honey We Shrunk Ourselves.”