New details: Bill Murray is said to have acted so inappropriately

Actor Bill Murray has been given a leave of absence from filming Being Mortal. The reason for this step is said to have been his behavior towards women on the set. What happened?

In the 1980s he was one of the greats of US cinema. Through films like “Ghostbusters”, “The Ghosts I Called…” or “On a Knife’s Edge” he became a popular screen hero. But in recent years he has repeatedly drawn attention to himself with rather strange reports. And now this: Last week, news broke that Bill Murray had been suspended from filming Being Mortal for “inappropriate behavior.” Now the US site “Page Six” wants to have more details about the reasons for this decision from a set employee. According to the report, Murray made some female co-stars uncomfortable with being too close.

Not touched in “private places”

Although he did not touch anyone in “private places”, he is said to have put an arm around a woman, touched her hair, pulled her ponytail. Supposedly always in a comedic way. It continues: “It’s a fine line and everyone loves Bill. But even if his behavior wasn’t a criminal offence, some women felt uncomfortable and he crossed a line.”

Director, actor and comedian Aziz Ansari’s Being Mortal began filming in March. According to insiders, half of the film, which deals with the topic of end-of-life care, is already in the can.

Not the actor’s first misconduct

It’s not the first time Murray has been criticized for his behavior on a movie set. Ben Dreyfuss, son of Richard Dreyfuss, recently tweeted about an incident when he was a child himself. On the set of “What About Bob?”, his father’s comedy with Murray, the latter had a “nervous breakdown”. Supposedly because they didn’t want to give him an extra day off.

He then threw an ashtray at his co-star Richard Dreyfuss. “Disney then hired bodyguards to keep my father and Bill Murray apart between shoots.”

And already in the summer of 2021, the actress Lucy Liu made a dispute with her colleague Murray public. Together they stood in front of the camera for the movie “Charlie’s Angels” in 2000. Liu reported that Murray allegedly insulted her. “Some of his language was inexcusable and unacceptable and I didn’t want to just sit there and take it,” she said on the Los Angeles Times podcast “Asian Enough.”