Bill Murray is still reflecting on his inappropriate behavior that led to a production halt on Searchlight Pictures’ Being Mortal last week.
On Saturday, the actor told CNBC that he had a “disagreement” with a woman he was working with on the film, saying, “I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t received that way.”
Murray said he spent the last week reflecting on the incident. He did not explain what was said or to whom.
“Right now we’re talking and we’re trying to make peace with each other,” Murray said during a special interview during Berkshire Hathaway’s earnings event. “We’re both professionals, we like each other’s work, we like each other I think and if we don’t really get along and can’t trust each other then there’s no point in continuing to work together or even doing the film. It was quite an education for me.”
Based on Atul Gawande’s non-fiction book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Being Mortal stars Murray alongside Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogan. The film was about half finished before production was halted. The release is slated for 2023, but it’s unclear if Murray will go ahead with the project.
He said he was optimistic that “we will make peace” and that production would resume, but noted he would only do so if the woman involved in the incident agreed.
“I think it’s a sad dog that can’t learn anymore,” Murray said of learning from his mistakes. “This is a really sad pup who can’t study anymore. I don’t want to be that sad dog and I don’t intend to.”
“What would make me happiest would be to put my boots on and go back to work for both of us and trust each other and be able to work at work that we both spent a lot of time developing the skills for,” he said.