I en intervju förklarar regissören Paul Feig som ligger bakom filmer som Bridesmaids och A Simple Favor att han tycker att mycket av de starka negativa reaktioner som filmen Ghostbusters fick kom från det faktum att presidentkandidaten Donald Trump använde filmen som ett politiskt uttalande. Han säger så här i intervjun:
"The political climate of the time was really weird, with Hillary Clinton running for office in 2016. There were a lot of dudes looking for a fight. When I was getting piled on, on Twitter, I'd go back and see who they were. So many were Trump supporters. Then Trump came out against us. He was like: "They're remaking Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford. You can't do that. And now they're making Ghostbusters with only women. What's going on?" and got all upset. Everybody went fucking cannibal. It turned the movie into a political statement, as if to say: "If you're pro-women, you're going to go see this. If you're not, then ..." I didn't think it mattered at all that the main characters were women, but people brought a lot of baggage."