A new report from Puck this week alleges that Bill Murray has paid a $100,000 settlement to a “much younger” female crew member on the film Being Mortal, the production of which Deadline first reported in April was being suspended due to a complaint made against Murray for inappropriate behavior.
The report alleges that Murray, 72, kissed and straddled the woman on set. She was allegedly “horrified” and “interpreted his actions as entirely sexual,” and filed a complaint against the actor. Deadline has reached out to Murray and will add any comment received.
In quick succession, there were other allegations against Murray this week.
Not 24 hours after the Puck report, Oscar-winner Geena Davis’s memoir Dying of Politeness was released, and it contains her account of working with Murray on Quick Change in 1990. She says the first time she met her soon-to-be costar, he “insisted” on using a massage machine on her back. While she refused the offer multiple times, she says, Murray continued to insist and she relented so as not to make a scene. She said the comedian later screamed at her on set in front of “more than 300 people.”
Davis also says in the book that she was made uncomfortable by Murray’s behavior in a dual interview they did on the Arsenio Hall Show which included Murray trying to pull down the spaghetti strap on her dress as she spoke.
Yesterday, SNL alumRob Schneider claimed Murray “absolutely hated” the cast members when he came back to guest host. “He wasn’t very nice to us,” Schneider said on SiriusXM’s The Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show. “He hated us on Saturday Night Live when he hosted. Absolutely hated us. I mean, seething.”
Schneider contended that Murray displayed extra ire toward certain castmembers.
“He hated Chris Farley with a passion. Like he was just seething looking at him,”
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