Geena Davis is opening up about her not-so-glamourous first experiences with Bill Murray while making the movie “Quick Change” in 1989.
The 66-year-old actress included the pair’s audition meeting in her upcoming memoir “Dying of Politeness,” claiming that the now-72-year-old Murray allegedly greeted her in a hotel suite with a massage device that he insisted on using on her, regardless that she refused.
“That was bad,” Davis told the Times. “The best way he behaved at the primary meeting… I must have walked out of that or profoundly defended myself, during which case I wouldn’t have gotten the part.
“I could have avoided that treatment if I’d known the way to react or what to do through the audition,” she said. “But, , I used to be so nonconfrontational that I just didn’t.”
When the interviewer noted that she gave the impression to be blaming herself, Davis added: “Ha. Point taken. There’s no point in regretting things, and yet, here I used to be regretting. And yes, exactly, it wasn’t my fault.”
Davis also claimed that Murray later tracked her down in her trailer to scream at her for being late to production. He continued to achieve this as she rushed to set as lots of of colleagues watched.
The Post has reached out to reps for Murray for comment.
“Dying of Politeness” is on the market for purchase on Tuesday.
Geena Davis is opening up about her not-so-glamourous first experiences with Bill Murray while making the movie “Quick Change” in 1989.
The 66-year-old actress included the pair’s audition meeting in her upcoming memoir “Dying of Politeness,” claiming that the now-72-year-old Murray allegedly greeted her in a hotel suite with a massage device that he insisted on using on her, regardless that she refused.
“That was bad,” Davis told the Times. “The best way he behaved at the primary meeting… I must have walked out of that or profoundly defended myself, during which case I wouldn’t have gotten the part.
“I could have avoided that treatment if I’d known the way to react or what to do through the audition,” she said. “But, , I used to be so nonconfrontational that I just didn’t.”
When the interviewer noted that she gave the impression to be blaming herself, Davis added: “Ha. Point taken. There’s no point in regretting things, and yet, here I used to be regretting. And yes, exactly, it wasn’t my fault.”
Davis also claimed that Murray later tracked her down in her trailer to scream at her for being late to production. He continued to achieve this as she rushed to set as lots of of colleagues watched.
The Post has reached out to reps for Murray for comment.
“Dying of Politeness” is on the market for purchase on Tuesday.
