Invoice Murray was allegedly “sensitive” with the ladies on set of “Being Mortal,” earlier than the shoot was shut down, a supply solely tells The Submit.
Filming of the 71-year-old “Saturday Night time Reside” legend’s film was suspended final week after a criticism was reportedly filed particularly in opposition to the actor, alleging “inappropriate conduct.”
By Thursday, the movie was suspended indefinitely amid an investigation into the “Ghostbusters” star’s on-set actions.
A supply instructed Web page Six, “He was very hands-on sensitive, not in any private areas, however put an arm round a lady, touched her hair, pulled her ponytail — however at all times in a comedic means.
“It’s a nice line and everyone loves Invoice, however whereas his conduct will not be unlawful, some girls felt uncomfortable and he crossed a line.”
A separate supply says that Murray, who is outwardly single, “Loves girls and likes to flirt, he enjoys poetry and romance, he’s at all times flirting, however it’s at all times couched in comedy. It isn’t clear if he crossed a line.”
In the meantime, Richard Dreyfuss’ son, Ben, dropped a bombshell allegation Thursday evening that the Walt Disney Co. was pressured to rent bodyguards to guard the solid and crew of his dad’s 1991 comedy “What About Bob?” from Murray.
Ben Dreyfuss, 35, claimed on Twitter that Murray “had a meltdown . . . as a result of he needed an additional break day” however was denied by the late producer Laura Ziskin.
Murray allegedly “ripped off her glasses off her face and my dad complained about his conduct and Invoice Murray threw an ashtray at him,” Ben wrote.
“Everybody walked off the manufacturing and flew again to LA and it solely resumed after Disney employed some bodyguards to bodily separate my dad and Invoice Murray in between takes,” he added.
He then supplied sarcastically, “I used to be like 5 on the time and these are a few of my fondest and earliest recollections lol. Good film although!”
The elder Dreyfuss beforehand addressed the alleged ashtray incident by calling Murray a “drunken bully,” however with out airing all of the soiled laundry.
“He put his face subsequent to me, nose-to-nose, and he screamed on the high of his lungs, ‘Everybody hates you! You might be tolerated!’” Dreyfuss revealed in 2009.
“There was no time to react as a result of he leaned again and he took a contemporary glass-blown ashtray, he threw it at my face from [only a couple feet away]. And it weighed about three-quarters of a pound. And he missed me. He tried to hit me. I bought up and left.”
Two attorneys for Murray didn’t reply to inquiries, and a spokesperson for “Being Mortal” at Fox Searchlight declined to remark.
