Is this the blunder too much?
The filming of Aziz Ansari's first film, the comedy-drama
Being Mortal
, had to be interrupted on Wednesday by the Searchlight Pictures studio, the American specialized press learned on Thursday.
For which motive ?
Due to the
"inappropriate behavior"
of its lead actor, American comedian Bill Murray.
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A lawsuit was reportedly filed against the actor last week, says a letter the studio sent to the film crew on Wednesday.
“After reviewing the circumstances
(of the complaint)
, the decision was made to halt production for the time being
,” states the document, which has since been consulted by the
New York Times.
The undetermined accident relating to the
“inappropriate behavior”
of Bill Murray would have taken place on Friday April 15, specified, in off, a person close to the shooting.
Neither Searchlight Pictures nor Disney - its parent company since the acquisition of 20th Century Fox - wished to comment on the case.
A film planned for 2023
Known for his roles in the films
Ghostbusters
,
Groundhog Day
and
Lost in Translation
and
Broken Flowers
, Bill Murray is appreciated on screen for his impassive presence and cantankerous humor.
Behind the cameras, on the other hand, the actor would, at least occasionally, be more carried away.
The filming of
Charlie's Angels,
released in 2000, would have been notoriously complicated.
“While we were shooting a scene, Bill started shouting insults;
I will not detail them, but it lasted a hell of a time
, testified actress Lucy Liu in 2021.
Some of the comments he made were inexcusable and unacceptable”.
The director of the film, Joseph McGinty Nichol, had also confided to having received, at the time, a headbutt from the actor.
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Other personalities have also commented on the actor's bloodshed.
The comedian Richard Dreyfuss, who shared with Bill Murray the poster of
What's New, Bob?
, in 1991, called him in 2019 a
“brutal drunk”
.
The filming of Groundhog
Day
was also marked by great friction between the actor and his director Harold Ramis.
Actor and filmmaker Dan Aykroyd was also aware of Bill Murray's outbursts, to the point where he nicknamed
him "the Murricane"
(referring to the English word
"
hurricane").
The first feature film directed by actor Aziz Ansari,
Being Mortal
adapts a 2014 essay by American physician Atul Gawande,
We Are All Mortals: What Really Matters at the End of Life
(
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
, in English
) –
a bestseller in the United States.
Featuring Bill Murray, 71, in the lead role, surrounded by Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer, the film is expected for next year.
Filming began on March 28.
According to the American media
Deadline
, production was about halfway through when it was interrupted.
