Dan Akroyd

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    Dan Aykroyd Says Lorne Michaels Didn’t Keep Him From Playing D Day In ‘Animal House’: ‘Blues Brothers’ Update

    <strong>UPDATE</strong>: The great Dan Aykroyd read Deadline’s recent tribute to Aretha Franklin’s performance in <em>Blues Brothers</em>, and had a different recollection of events surrounding him not starring in <em> Animal House</em> than did John Landis, who directed both films and recalled that <em>Saturday Night Live’</em>s Lorne Michaels kept Aykroyd from joining his pal Belushi in the frat house classic because several cast members from the then white-hot show were peeling off to do fi