Bill Murray on Jan. 26, 2025.Photo:Mark Von Holden/Shutterstock
Mark Von Holden/Shutterstock
Bill Murrayis explaining how he sometimes seeks atonement through the characters he plays.
Murray, who said he doesn’t have an agent anymore, addressed his roles in the upcoming indiesThe FriendandRiff Raffwhen Mitchell asked him about portraying characters who “lead lives of enormous charm” while also being “aware of how poisonous their charm can be,” according toVariety.
“It’s always interesting when you’re playing a guy who has done some damage. I know I’ve done some damage,” Murray responded at the invite-only event, according toEntertainment Weekly.
“It’s unconscious damage, but it’s some sort of penance to play them and to show that, you know, to show accepting responsibility for it.”
Bill Murray on Jan. 26, 2025.Mark Von Holden/Shutterstock
Murray, a father of six, pointed to his 2020 movieOn the Rockswith director Sofia Coppola and costar Rashida Jones as an example, saying, “I was answering for a lot of things through that role,“EWreported.
InOn the Rocks, Murray played Felix, a playboy father to Jones' Laura, who helps his daughter figure out if her husband is being faithful to her.
“It’s been quite an education for me,” Murray said at the time.
ThePresenceactress, now 56, shared in 2021 that she “stood up” for herself when Murray allegedly began to “hurl insults” at her while filming a scene, using “inexcusable and unacceptable” language. In an interview withThe Guardianpublished Jan. 13, Liu said she has no regrets about the moment.
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Bill Murray on Feb. 15, 2015.Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty
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“I would have done that in any situation. I think when I sense something is not right, I am going to protect myself. It’s an innate thing to do if you feel there’s injustice, and I always feel that way,” said Liu.
Additionally, Geena Davis, who starred opposite Murray in 1990’sQuick Change,wrote in her 2022 memoirDying of Politenessthat it’s “rather universally known that [Murray] could be difficult to work with.” She added in her book, “I think he knows very well the way he can behave.”
Reps for Murray didn’t respond to requests for comment regarding Liu and Davis’s allegations at the time.
source: people.com
