Editing Dan Aykroyd (section)

===Friendship with John Belushi===
In an appearance on the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' show, Aykroyd referred to John Belushi and himself as "kindred spirits". In the biography ''Belushi'', Aykroyd claims that Belushi was the only man with whom he could ever dance. The pair were scheduled to present the [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Academy Award for Visual Effects]] in [[54th Academy Awards|1982]], but Belushi died just a few weeks prior to the ceremony. Though devastated by his friend's death, Aykroyd presented the award alone, remarking from the stage, "My partner would have loved to have been here to present this, given that he was something of a visual effect himself."<ref>{{YouTube|id=t8hI5on2jqg|Raiders of the Lost Ark Wins Visual Effects: 1982 Oscars}}</ref>

Aykroyd was an outspoken critic of the 1989 film ''[[Wired (film)|Wired]]'', a biopic of Belushi which was based on the [[Wired (book)|1984 book of the same name]] by journalist [[Bob Woodward]], and starred [[Michael Chiklis]] in his film debut as Belushi,<ref>{{cite web |last=Cooke |first=Sarah |url=https://www.looper.com/433355/the-untold-truth-of-dan-aykroyd/ |title=The Untold Truth Of Dan Aykroyd |website=[[Looper (website)|Looper]] |date=June 9, 2021 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> and featured him as a character played by actor Gary Groomes. Along with Belushi's widow Judith and brother [[Jim Belushi|Jim]], and many other friends, associates and relatives of Belushi, he boycotted the film and the associated book for misrepresenting Belushi's life,<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-controversy-over-bob-woodwards-belushi-bio-wired-37163/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Lynn |last=Hirschberg |title=The Controversy Over Bob Woodward's Belushi Bio 'Wired' |date=September 27, 1984}}</ref> and during an interview for [[MTV]]'s ''The Big Picture'' in June 1988, he expressed his desire that the film would underperform at the box office, which ultimately happened; he said, "I have witches working now to [[jinx]] the thing... I hope it never gets seen and I am going to hurl all the negative energy I can and muster all my hell energies [against them]. My thunderbolts are out on this one, quite truthfully." He had actor [[J. T. Walsh]] removed from the film ''[[Loose Cannons (1990 film)|Loose Cannons]]'' after Walsh had already done two days of filming in the role of Grimmer, after finding out that Walsh had been in the cast of ''Wired''. Walsh, who had played Bob Woodward in ''Wired'', was replaced as Grimmer by fellow Canadian actor [[Paul Koslo]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-13-ca-1870-story.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first1=Nina J. |last1=Easton |first2=Jack |last2=Mathews |title=Another Chapter in the Strange Odyssey of 'Wired' |date=April 13, 1989}}</ref> causing the film a $125,000 production delay.