Lucy Liu remembers calling out Bill Murray’s “inexcusable” language on ‘Charlie’s Angels’ set
Kill Bill and Shazam! Fury Of The Gods star Lucy Liu has looked on back on revealing her on-set argument with Charlie’s Angels co-star Bill Murray, saying she doesn’t regret calling out the actor.
In 2021, Liu appeared on the Los Angeles Times podcast Asian Enough, talking about a confrontation with Murray, whom she claimed began to “hurl insults” at her through frustration at a particular scene’s rewrite.
“I couldn’t believe that [his comments] could be towards me” she said, “Because what do I have to do with anything majorly important at that time?”
She continued: “I said, ‘I’m so sorry. Are you talking to me?’— and clearly he was, because then it started to become a one-on-one communication”. Liu described Murray’s language as “inexcusable and unacceptable.”
Over three years after talking about it, Liu spoke to The Guardian about why she made the revelation. “I really didn’t think about it. I would have done that in any situation. I think when I sense something is not right, I am going to protect myself. It’s an innate thing to do if you feel there’s injustice, and I always feel that way”.
She then described herself as someone who won’t keep quiet about bad behaviour. “If I was, it would have been a much easier road. But because I’ve never been that person, we had to find a way” she explained.
Murray has not spoken about the incident, although in 2022 production on the film Being Mortal was suspended due to allegations of his inappropriate behaviour.
The Ghostbusters star commented on the claims to CNBC shortly after the news broke, saying: “I had a difference of opinion with a woman I’m working with. I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way”. He continued: “The world is different than it was when I was a little kid. What I always thought was funny as a little kid isn’t necessarily the same as what’s funny now”.
Recently, Liu appeared in VR game The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend, and spoke to NME about the process of storytelling in a different medium. Meanwhile, Murray has embarked on a US singing tour, performing covers of Bob Dylan and The Kinks.
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