New details about Bill Murray’s suspension from the Searchlight Pictures film \u201cBeing Mortal\u201d emerged from a recent report from Puck.<\/p>\n
On April 18, Searchlight paused production on Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut \u201cBeing Mortal\u201d after a complaint was filed against star Bill Murray over inappropriate behavior. According to Puck reporter Eriq Gardner, Searchlight is no longer making the film.<\/p>\n
While there were no details about the Murray, some speculated that the victim’s co-star Keke Palmer was the of the alleged inappropriate behavior. But according to Puck, Murray was \u201cparticularly friendly with one female production staffer,\u201d whose name was withheld from the story. Gardner wrote:<\/p>\n
\nThis much younger woman, Murray felt, had been flirting with him. So at one moment when the two were in close proximity near a bed that was part of the production, Murray started kissing her body and straddling her. It was perhaps an unclear bit of physical comedy, but one that was unannounced. She couldn’t move because he outweighed her, she alleged. Then, he kissed her on the mouth, although when he did so, both Murray and the woman were wearing masks, owing to Covid protocols.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
During an interview with CNBC later in April, Bill Murray said his behavior was \u201cso insensitive,\u201d while not going into specifics.<\/p>\n