Bill Murray's behaviour shuts down film's production

[Bob Jersey]

The other day I'd seen on Twitter that an Aziz Ansari project was getting shut down, and its future was uncertain... it turns out that its star Murray, sources told Deadline, was acting inappropriately on set, aaaaand that's all the info they have...

https://deadline.com/2022/04/being-mortal-bill-murray-1235007590/ (link)

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[Bob Jersey]

Some clues as to Murray's behaviour could be found in this Deadline piece from July, which was in the "most popular" column alongside the report of the shutdown of the Ansari project: https://deadline.com/2021/07/lucy-liu-addresses-clash-with-bill-murray-on-set-of-charlies-angels-1234801186/ (link)     B

Moi, April 22nd:

[Tom Wolper]

Shutting down a production means throwing lots of people out of work and a loss of millions of dollars. There has to be more to it than Bill Murray being an asshole.

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[PGage]

…and, as Tom predicted a half a year ago, there was more to the story than Murray being an asshole. I would not call this sexual assault, but in current context I can see it being terrifying for a young woman, and a dude if any age has to know it’s not okay.

Eriq Gardner reports in Puck News:

“On the set, Murray was particularly friendly with one female production staffer. (I’m withholding her name, although it’s not actress KekePalmer, as has been speculated.) This much younger woman, Murray felt, had been flirting with him. So at one moment when the two were in close proximity near a bed that was part of the production, Murray started kissing her body and straddling her. It was perhaps an unclear bit of physical comedy, but one that was unannounced. She couldn’t move because he outweighed her, she alleged. Then, he kissed her on the mouth, although when he did so, both Murray and the woman were wearing masks, owing to Covid protocols. Murray later said that he was just being jestful, but the woman interpreted his actions as entirely sexual. She was horrified.

The woman made a complaint about what had occurred. A second staffer also witnessed the incident and lodged a report, too. This traveled up the chain at Disney, I’m told. Eventually, Searchlight, in an unsigned memo, informed the cast and crew that production was being suspended, although the reason and the nature of what had happened was withheld….

After some time, Murray and the woman came to a settlement: The actor paid her just north of $100,000, according to sources, and she agreed to maintain confidentiality. Notably, the deal included another component besides a non-disclosure agreement: The woman agreed to waive any legal claims she might make against the producers of Being Mortal, including Searchlight and Disney.”

Gardner reports that even though Murray and Ansari hoped that would be enough to get the film back on track, Searchlight (now owned by Disney) was not in the mood to take a chance, and has refused. Apparently there is some small chance they can sell it to someone else and complete production.

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