Bill Murray Responds To Complaints About His On-Set Behavior

PUTTING THE COMEDIAN'S ONSET BEHAVIOR BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. >> HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL -- OH HE GOT ALL OF THAT ONE. >> KNOWN FOR MAKING HIS AUDIENCES LAUGH ON SCREEN, THIS MORNING ALLEGATIONS OF BILL MURRAY'S INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR OFF SCREEN ARE TRIGGERING NEW CRITICISM. THE LEGENDARY ARCHITECT NOW SPEAKING OUT ABOUT WHY HE SAYS "BEING MORTAL," HIS LATEST FILM HALTED PRODUCTION LAST MONTH. TELLING CNBC. >> I HAD A DIFFERENCE OF A OPINION FROM A WOMAN I'M WORKING WITH. >> Reporter: SOURCE LIGHT SOLD NBC NEWS THEY COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE INVESTIGATION. AND MURRAY DID NOT ELABORATE ON WHO WAS INVOLVED. THE MOVIE ALSO STARS AZZ ANSARI, SETH ROGEN. THE INCIDENT HAS BROUGHT RENEWED ATTENTION TO PAST ACCUSATIONS ABOUT MURRAY'S ONSET BEHAVIOR. >> NOT CHINESE. NOT FIGHTING. THEY ARE BLUEBERRIES. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, CHARLES'S ANGELS KA STAR LUCY LIU TELLING THE L.A. TIMES ABOUT THEIR ARGUMENT DURING FILMING. >> BILL STARTS TO HURL INSULTS. SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WAS UNEXCUSABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE. AND I WAS NOT GOING TO JUST SIT THERE AND TAKE IT. >> Reporter: AND JUST LAST MONTH, RICHARD DREYFUS'S SON BEN TWEETED THAT MURRAY THROUGH AN ASHTRAY ON THE SET OF ABOUT WHAT ABOUT BOB. BEN LATER WRITING APPARENTLY HE HASN'T CHANGED. MURRAY IS NOT RESPONDING TO NBC NEWS REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON ANY OF THE ALLEGATIONS. NOW WITH HIS LATEST PROJECT IN LIMBO. CRITICS SAY HIS ACTIONS ARE NO LAUGHING MATTER. AND WHILE BILL MURRAY HOPES TO RETURN TO THE SET, SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES WOULD NOT SAY IF THE ACTOR WOULD CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN HIS LATEST PROJECT. THE FILM WAS ABOUT HALFW

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Length: 2min 34sec (154 seconds)

Published: Mon May 02 2022