Wes Anderson and Bill Murray Will Continue Working Together Despite Allegations
recently defended acting legend after the actor had a handful of harassment accusations made against him.
Speaking to IndieWire, Anderson — who has a longstanding relationship with the actor — recently said that he has an “extensive” history with Bill, and that while he doesn’t want to speak about someone else’s experience, he does consider Murray a part of his family.
“My experience with Bill is so extensive. Bill was such a great supporter of me from the very beginning,” Anderson said. “I don’t want to speak about somebody else’s experience, but he’s really part of my family. You know, he’s my daughter’s godfather. In fact, he actually baptized her. He’s the one who splashed the water.”
The accusations against Murray sparked up in 2022, when actress Geena Davis’ book “Dying of Politeness” alleged that she had a toxic work experience with Murray while on the set of the 1990 film Quick Change. Davis said that Murray behaved inappropriately toward her during her audition and would be overly aggressive with her while on set.
Murray also had a formal complaint made against him while on the set of Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut Being Mortal, with allegations of the actor being inappropriate on set once again popping up and the film pausing production as a result. Murray confirmed the complaint in 2022 during an interview with CNBC, saying that he did something he thought was funny but that wasn’t taken that way.
“I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way,” Murray said during an interview at the conference with cable channel CNBC. “The company, the movie studio, wanted to do the right thing, so they wanted to check it all out, investigate it, and so they stopped the production. But as of now, we’re
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