Ernie Hudson

In Universe Gemini, Ernie Hudson was the actor who played Winston Zeddemore in the movie Ghostbusters. Because Ghostbusters was his favourite movie, Zed Hudson picked his new name by mashing up the character's last name of Zeddemore with that of the actor. Winston was not actually his favourite character in the film (though he admitted that he was “cool”), but, as he later pointed out, Stantz Aykroyd would not have made for a very satisfying name. (COMIC: Zed Vs. Ghostbusters)

Behind the scenes

Ernie Hudson indeed portrayed Winston Zeddemore in the original Ghostbusters film.

Concepts from Ghostbusters in Jenny Everywhere media
Characters Ray Stantz • Winston Zeddemore Actors Dan Aykroyd • Ernie Hudson Media Ghostbusters