The stars of Ghostbusters brushed off critics who complained about the new all-female line-up as they walked the red carpet at the film's world premiere.
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones star in the rebooted version of the classic 1980s film franchise, replacing the original quartet of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.
The announcement of the new female cast was met by criticism online from some Ghostbusters fans, while the film's trailer has attracted more than 900,000 "dislikes" on YouTube - a record number for a movie trailer on the website.
Speaking at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, McCarthy said she found the negative reaction "peculiar", while her fellow Bridesmaids actress Wiig said the film had been made "in the spirit of the first two".
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