Bill Murray’s Sad Career of Being A Dick.

[notoriousmkg]

When I saw this thread was bumped, I thought it was going to be because of the Geena Davis story.  He absolutely sounds like a monumental abusive a-hole.  I don't think there is any question that he is a talented guy and a box-office draw.  People aren't hiring him for charitable reasons, that's for sure.

Anyway:

ew.com/movies/geena-davis-bill-murray-quick-change/

Geena Davis says Bill Murray harassed her on the set of Quick Change: 'I should have walked out'

"I could have avoided that treatment if I'd known how to react or what to do during the audition. But, you know, I was so non-confrontational that I just didn't…"

Geena Davis is opening up about her negative experience working with Bill Murray on the 1990 film Quick Change.

In her new memoir, titled Dying of Politeness, the Oscar-winning actress wrote that Murray insisted upon using a massage device called The Thumper on her despite her refusal when they first met in a hotel suite, The Times reports. Davis said that during filming she was waiting on wardrobe when Murray began screaming at her for being late. He allegedly continued to yell as he followed her from her trailer to set in front of a large crowd of cast, crew, and onlookers.

"That was bad," Davis told The Times. "The way he behaved at the first meeting… I should have walked out of that or profoundly defended myself, in which case I wouldn't have got the part."

Davis starred opposite Murray as his girlfriend Phyllis Potter in the crime drama, which also starred Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, and Stanley Tucci. In addition to playing the lead role, Murray also served as a co-director and producer on the film.

"I could have avoided that treatment if I'd known how to react or what to do during the audition," she continued. "But, you know, I was so non-confrontational that I just didn't…"

The actress shared that she regrets blaming her younger self for the incidents, as it was Murray who allegedly engaged in the inappropriate behavior. "There's no point in regretting things, and yet, here I was regretting," she shared. "And yes, exactly, it wasn't my fault."

EW reached out to a legal representative for Murray but did not immediately hear back.

This isn't the first time that Murray has been accused of inappropriate behavior on set. In April, Searchlight Pictures suspended the production of his film Being Mortal after an alleged incident with another cast member. The movie — which is written, directed, and produced by Aziz Ansari — has been shuttered since.

"I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn't taken that way," Murray told CNBC back in April. "The company, the movie studio, wanted to do the right thing, so they wanted to check it all out, investigate it, and so they stopped the production."

[no]

"The “Ghostbusters” star chalked up his mistake to not realizing that time has changed.  “Things change and the times changed,” he said. “So, it’s important for me to figure it out.” "


WTF does that even mean?  sexual assault has always been wrong, that's never been a question!  what an absolute fucking scumbag.

[notoriousmkg]

I think it's more like verbal and physical assault, at least as far as how they are defined statutorily.

[trixie]

^ Yeah, I don't think there were ever any sexual assault claims, verbal and physical, yes.

The guy is just a dick and thinks he can do whatever because he's the big star in the movie. Geena Davis said, "I should have walked out, but if I did, I wouldn't get the part"

"Things changed and the times changed" Yeah, what has changed is women finally feel they can speak up about assholes like you and not lose their jobs. It was just as inappropriate in 1990 as it is in 2022, you're just not getting away with it anymore.

[shellee]

What a dick. I love the movie quick change too. Brilliant movie.

[waterslide]

Seth Green Says Bill Murray Threw Him Into A Trash Can As A Kid

October 15, 2022 / Posted by: Vanessa49



In his older years, Bill Murray appears to be known for two things: starring in twee films that require him to be sad while wearing pastel sweaters and being a certified jerk. It seems like just a few years ago, Murray was becoming known as the cool old guy who might inadvertently stumble into your engagement photo shoot or crash your young people’s party. Who wouldn’t want the smarmy guy from Ghostbusters as a guest at your shindig? I suppose if you want to risk him getting assault-ey with the guests. And this week, Rob Schneider said that Bill Murray hated the early-90s Saturday Night Live cast when he guest hosted and really hated Chris Farley. Well, now Seth Green has his own SNL/Bill Murray story. According to Seth, Bill threw him into a trash can as a kid, and he isn’t laughing about it. The “I’m just a funny nice guy” act might not cut it after this. The movies have clearly told us that only bullies throw people into garbage cans!





Back in April, production on Aziz Ansari’s film Being Mortal was halted due to “inappropriate behavior” from Bill. It’s now been alleged that Bill has paid a $100,00 settlement to a female crew member for kissing and straddling the young woman. Apparently, if someone physically accosts you and you don’t like it, that’s just a “difference of opinion.” Since the release of this news, celebrities have come out of the woodwork to say that Bill Murray sucks. According to Deadline, Seth Green wants everyone to know that even if you’re a kid, Bill will not spare you.



Now, Seth Green has spoken for the first time about what he says was an altercation with Murray on the SNL set when he was nine and Murray, who was guest hosting, would have been in his early 30s. Green was set to play a kid in a skit. He was sitting backstage watching TV when he says Murray “saw me sitting on the arm of this chair and made a big fuss about me being in his seat. And I was like, ‘That is absurd. I am sitting on the arm of this couch. There are several lengths of this sofa. Kindly eff off.’ And he was like, ‘That’s my chair.’”



Green says he refused.



“He picked me up by my ankles,” said Green of Murray, “held me upside down…dangled me over a trash can and he was like, ‘The trash goes in the trash can.’ And I was screaming, and I swung my arms, flailed wildly, full contact with his balls. He dropped me in the trash can [and] the trash can falls over. I was horrified. I ran away, hid under the table in my dressing room and just cried.”



Seth spills his truth at the 15:50 mark:







Looks like Chevy Chase wasn’t the only asshole of classic Saturday Night Live. Other celebrities who have commented on the movie star’s behavior are Geena Davis, who wrote in her recently released memoir that on the set of Quick Change, Bill kept trying to use a massage machine on her and screamed at her in front of “more than 300 people.” And, of course, there’s Lucy Liu who had a very difficult time with Murray on the set of Charlie’s Angels. It should also be said that he supposedly headbutted the director, so Bill really brought the drama to that set. I guess when you have starred in movies such as Osmosis Jones, the fame goes straight to your head, and you think you can do whatever you want. Now, these are just a few of the threads in the rich tapestry of Bill’s film career as a difficult actor. Seeing as he still gets cast in million-dollar productions despite his reputation, I believe we can expect more tales of Bill Murray terrorizing his co-workers for years to come!



Pic: INSTARImages

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If Seth Green is telling the truth, and I have no reason to believe he's not, then soon the only thing left will be to hear about what puppies he's kicked. What a shithead.  

[notoriousmkg]

There was a beautiful MTV VJ named "Duff" who actually was a good friend of Murray's who wrote a whole article on his weird behavior. Basically, she said he actually did have a lot of friends, but they were on eggshells around him because of who quickly his mood wood swing or he would get offended. One thing I remember was that he would host these big dinner parties at some restaurant in NYC and someone would say something really innocuous that would piss him off, and then he would quietly walk away from the table and at some point, people would be looking at each other like "Is Bill coming back?", which he usually wasn't, and then they would all have to figure out how to pay the bill.

This is going to be an epic, and long, thread -- mark my words....

[daphodil]

^I love Duff. She's had a tough go of it but is warrior cool.

[waterslide]

Oct 15, 2022 23:19:35 GMT notoriousmkg said:

There was a beautiful MTV VJ named "Duff" who actually was a good friend of Murray's who wrote a whole article on his weird behavior. Basically, she said he actually did have a lot of friends, but they were on eggshells around him because of who quickly his mood wood swing or he would get offended. One thing I remember was that he would host these big dinner parties at some restaurant in NYC and someone would say something really innocuous that would piss him off, and then he would quietly walk away from the table and at some point, people would be looking at each other like "Is Bill coming back?", which he usually wasn't, and then they would all have to figure out how to pay the bill.

This is going to be an epic, and long, thread -- mark my words....

Hmm. Sounds like Ezra Miller...among other abusive people.

I remember Duff from MTV and also from Who's The Man...

[MsDark]

I always thought being a dick (with a secret heart of gold) was a bit of his schtick. But it seems he's way more insufferable (and in an unfunny way) in real life than any characters he portrays.

Kind of a bummer. I liked Bill in flicks and liked to think he was this cool and eccentric and easy-going guy IRL who would just turn up at places randomly for kicks.

Who else are we going to discover is/was an abusive asshole?

Just reading some these "friends" accounts:  Bill sounds like a bit of an erratic with whom you could never quite be sure what you were gonna get.  Makes him sound like he's got a touch of mental illness or a little on the spectrum perhaps?  

I almost think he does this shit just for the attention/publicity which he pretends to hate.

[sputnik]

i think there's definitely something going on mentally. which isn't an excuse, because part of living with mental illness is learning to manage it and it doesn't sound like he even tries and has been allowed to behave like this unchecked for way too long.
i'm not gonna lie i think he's amazingly talented and i'll still watch him in anything and it sounds like maybe now the cat's out of the bag and he's had to pay a settlement he'll hopefully figure out how to behave like a fucking professional.

[notoriousmkg]

I'm definitely with Sputnik on the idea (if I'm interpreting correctly) that a great performance is a great performance. I'm not going to stop watching a movie because Bill Murray stars in it. I'm not going to stop watching a movie because Harvie Weinstein and Miramax produced it. From reading a book on SNL years ago, I know that Murray came from a big, brawling Irish catholic family of 9 kids. Even at the beginning of his career, he was described as volatile and emotional, and a very good fighter. When Chevy Chase left SNL to begin a movie career and came back to host, Murray was furious and the two got in a fistfight in the hallway at NBC. Belushi threw himself between the two of them and got hit multiple times for his efforts. But from what I've read, it basically saved Chase from a pretty bad beating.

[MsDark]

Bill Murray is still pretty damn funny.

Let me know if we find out he's an actual serial killer or rapist or something instead of an irish catholic pisser. I've heard Chevy was a prick too, FWIW.

[no1novice]

I find the variety of responses between a serial-violent offender and a one-off reported incident interesting.



However, I don't find Bill Murray intentionally or unintentionally funny.






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