‘Animal House’ star John Belushi ‘didn’t have a prayer,’ couldn’t escape drugs: co-star
nypost.comTim Matheson was expecting a “colossal coked-up prima donna.”“Many people thought, ‘He’s going to be like he was on ‘Saturday Night Live’ – that big, bold, outrageous character,” Matheson told Fox News Digital. “People also thought he was going to be full of himself because, at that time, ‘Saturday Night Live’ was the most innovative show on television, and it was a huge hit,” he shared. “And he was their biggest star… But he and his wife Judy couldn’t have been more gracious, more down to Earth.”“He wasn’t trying to be funny or upstage anyone,” the actor recalled. “He genuinely listened.
He was respectful of everyone… And he was that way through the whole shoot. He became very supportive of me.”Matheson, who starred as Eric “Otter” Stratton’ in the 1978 comedy, has written a new memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.” In it, the 76-year-old details his friendship with Belushi, who died in 1982 at age 33 from a drug overdose.“‘Animal House’ was my first comedy,” Matheson shared. “I was horrified.
I was scared to death, and he was very gracious. He never looked down on anyone. He embraced his team. He was always very kind and supportive of me.
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