"I did something that I thought was funny, and it wasn't taken as such,"
admits the big-screen star after production
on Aziz Ansari's
Being Mortal
halted because his behavior was been implicated.
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During an interview for CNBC, he did not go into the details of his
"joke"
but spoke of
"difference of opinion with a woman"
with whom Bill Murray works.
“The world today is different from that of my childhood.
What I thought was funny as a child isn't necessarily so anymore.
Things change, times change, it's important for me to understand that,
he acknowledged
.
I'm really optimistic, I think we will reconcile."
The film's cast and crew were updated on the situation via a letter:
“At the end of last week we were made aware of a complaint and immediately investigated it.
After reviewing the circumstances, it has been decided that production cannot continue at this time.”
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This is not the first time that the behavior of the 71-year-old actor has shocked.
Actress Lucy Liu had recounted the
"inexcusable and unacceptable [...] insults"
he allegedly uttered towards her during a rehearsal for
Charlie's Angels
in 2000. Joseph McGinty Nichol, also confided in 2009 that he had received a
"headbutt"
from Bill Murray.
For the moment, the nature of the charges against Bill Murray has not been specified.
The plaintiff's name was also not disclosed.
However, it is specified that Aziz Ansari is not concerned by the complaint filed.
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