Geena Davis, Seth Green, Lucy Liu, Rob Schneider… Several actors have complained about Bill Murray’s behavior on set.
Last May, a complaint was filed against American comedian Bill Murray for inappropriate behavior on the set of Aziz Ansari’s film Being Mortal. The actor apologized and explained “I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t“The production of the feature film was suspended and has not been resumed till now.
Last week PuckNews (with the help of playlist) published a report stating that a settlement had been reached with the victim.
Some comedians this weekend Saturday Night Live expressed the bad atmosphere caused by Murray on the set. during the podcast Sirius-XM, Rob Schneider said the lost-in-translation actor was rude to cast members.
He’s nice to the fans, but he wasn’t very nice to us. He really hated us.
On the other hand, Seth Green, who plays Oz in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is also going there with his show.
During the events, 9-year-old Seth Green was sitting on the arm of the anchor’s chair, which clearly angered the latter. Seth Green says:
He grabbed me by the ankles and threw me into the trash can, yelling “Garbage, trash!” I got scared, ran away, hid in the dressing room, under the table and cried.
In turn, Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis, who recently published her memoirs He dies of old ageIt is said that he was also a victim of Bill Murray’s bad temper.
In 1990, during the preparation of the crime comedy “Quick Change”, the actor and director insisted on having a back massage with a special device. The latter had to refuse several times.
Geena Davis and Bill Murray in “Quick Change”
During filming, Murray would then humiliate the actor and yell at him for being late (related to his costume time) in front of the entire crew of over 300 people.
“I was shaking all the time, I was dying of shame“, writes Geena Davies, adding that Murray was going to”To make sure I knew my place“.
Geena Davis also says that Bill Murray’s behavior during an interview with the duo made her uncomfortable, in which the actress tried to lower the strap of her dress while speaking.
“I defended myself, I don’t regret it”
In July 2021Lucy Liu had a fight with Murray on the set of Charlie’s Angels in 2000. The latter uttered an insult.Unacceptable and unforgivable“According to the actor who said at the time”I defended myself and I don’t regret it“.
Bill Murray and Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels
McGee, the film’s director, stood by his actor at the time, claiming that Bill Murray had abandoned him while he was working on the project.
Bill Murray already got angry with his friend, director and actor Harold Ramis during the filming of the movie. endless day in 1991. Murray wanted Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis’ script to be more radical, which he found too easy, but the duo declined.
This was a source of discord throughout the shootout, creating a poisonous atmosphere in the team. Often in a bad mood, he even disappeared from the set for several hours, much to the dismay of the technical team.
What about being mortal?
Halted after a lawsuit filed last May, Aziz Ansari’s Being Mortal has yet to resume production, and according to actor Keke Palmer (The Old Guard, no), the film may never see the light of day if it’s been a month. shooting left.
he asked variety Keke Palmer said at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles:At some point we were cut off and I’m sorry about that. It is an extraordinary film. I really wish I could finish shooting and save this film. But in this case, Aziz will probably have to do a huge rewrite job, but I know what we got was gold.“
Palmer did not address the controversy over her on-screen co-star Bill Murray.
According to Variety , distributor Searchlight Pictures will also no longer be involved. Being Mortal was an adaptation of Atul Gawande’s novel We Are All Mortal: What Matters at the End of Life? and included topics such as palliative care and how medicine has evolved over time. Keke Palmer, Aziz Ansari And Seth Rogen played opposite Bill Murray.
The 72-year-old actor is set to appear in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania in an undisclosed role and has no other plans.
Source: allocine
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