Bill Murray speaks of inappropriate “fatal” misconduct

Bill Murray opened in a new interview on the incident that led to Be mortalThe beginnings of director of Aziz Ansari, being closed in what was described at the time as the “inappropriate behavior” of Murray.

In a conversation discussing his new film Friend with The New York Times, Murray was questioned about the parallels between Walter, the character of the film he depicts, and his own experience with the two accused of “inappropriate fault”. When asked if he had thought about it, Murray said, “I don’t spend too many days or weeks without thinking about what happened Be mortal. “”

In 2022, production on Be mortal was suspended after a complaint or “inappropriate behavior” was made against Murray. At the time, photos of Searchlight declared in an email to the production team that he had examined the incident. “After examining the circumstances, it was decided that production cannot continue at the moment,” said the company.

In Murray’s interview with Time, He detailed some of the details of what happened, saying he had “tried to make peace, but I ended up being, in my opinion, toasted”.

He added that the incident was with someone he worked with, and he was a person he had lunch several times a week. This took place at a time when everyone on set wore masks because of Covid.

“We were all blocked in this single play while listening to this crazy scene. I don’t know what prompted me to do it,” he said. “This is something I had done to someone else before, and I thought it was funny, and each time it happened, that was funny.

“I was wearing a mask, and I gave her a kiss, and she wore a mask,” he continued. “It was not like I touch She, but it was right, I gave her a kiss through a mask. And she was not a stranger.

Murray said that the incident has always disturbed it since the film was indefinitely suspended shortly after and “this film was arrested by human rights or” H&R “from Disney Corporation, which is probably a little more striking than certain other countries”. “”

“It turned out that there were pre -existing conditions and all this kind of thing. I tell myself, what? How was someone supposed to know something like that? ” He said. “There was no conversation, there was nothing. There was no recovery of peace, nothing. He went to this crazy arbitration, who, if someone suggests that you go to arbitration: never do it. Never do it. Because you think it’s justice, and that is not the case. ”

He added that he thought he had learned from experience, but that “it was a great disappointment, because I thought I knew someone, and I did not do it. I certainly thought it was light. I thought it was funny. For me, it’s always funny, the idea you could give someone to someone with a mask. It’s always stupid. That’s all. “

Adapted from the novel by Sigrid Nunez, The Scott McGehee and David Siegel, directed Friend Stars Naomi Watts, who embodies a New York writer who is struggling with the dog of his friend Walter (Murray) according to his death. Friday, the film was widely released in theaters.