While most of the characters in CBS’s Ghosts start their afterlife with some sort of ‘ghost’ power, some gifts take longer to develop than others. This was especially the case for former travel agent Pete Martino, who had to wait until Season 3 to find that he was capable of something no other ghost could do: actually leaving the place where he died. As we approach the October 17 premiere of Ghosts Season 4, Collider’s Perri Nemiroff took the chance to catch up with the Ghosts cast at San Diego Comic-Con and dig into what this power will mean for the show going forward.
“I think Pete, with his new power, is going to be forced to grow in more ways than one, right?” said Richie Moriarty, who plays the lucky ghost in question. “Like he’s going to be meeting new people, he’s going to be having brand-new experiences that he hasn’t had in his afterlife. So, I think anytime you’re introduced to new experiences like that, we’re going to see this character change and grow.”
In the meantime, however, it seems that there are plenty of delightful opportunities for Pete to relish in this sudden development. “It’s the first time he’s had the coolest anything in the room,” said Utkarsh Ambudkar, who plays the living Woodstone Mansion co-owner Jay Arondekar in the show. “We can already see in the first couple of episodes that we’re shooting, it’s getting to his head.” The cast clarified that while Pete may be enjoying this new power trip, the rest of his friends may struggle to adjust to this normally mild-mannered ghost’s cocky side. “It’s like the guy in your friend group who gets a motorcycle,” said Ambudkar.
“And he won’t shut up about the motorcycle,” continued Moriarty. “‘Sorry, I didn’t even realize my helmet was still on.’” “It’s that for sure,” commented Ambudkar.
