Bill Murray recently opened up about the death of Gene Hackman, paying tribute to the “brilliant” actor while also reflecting on the experience he had with him while on the set of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenebaums. What did Bill Murray say about Gene Hackman? Speaking to the Associated Press in a recent interview, Murray […] The post Bill Murray Pays Tribute to ‘Brilliant’ Gene Hackman, Recalls Him Being ‘Really Rough’ to Wes Anderson appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Bill Murray recently opened up about the death of Gene Hackman, paying tribute to the “brilliant” actor while also reflecting on the experience he had with him while on the set of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenebaums.
What did Bill Murray say about Gene Hackman?
Speaking to the Associated Press in a recent interview, Murray praised Hackman, but did recall him being “really rough” on Wes Anderson, who was just making his third feature film in 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums, which Hackman starred in alongside Murray.
“He was a tough nut, Gene Hackman. But he was really good,” Murray said. “And he was really difficult, we can say it now, but he was a tough guy. Older, great actors do not give young directors much of a chance. They’re really rough on them, and Gene was really rough on Wes. I used to kind of step in there and just try to defend my friend.”
Hackman played the role of Royal O’Reilly in the film, the family patriarch. At the time of the making of the movie, Anderson was still just a 32-year-old young director in the world of Hollywood. Murray recalled a moment where Hackman would get frustrated at another actor messing up a scene.
“Gene would do it perfectly, the other actor would blow it and I’d go like, ‘Oh, God.’ I was watching it going, ‘No wonder this guy wants to throttle people,’” Murray said. “And then he sort of gave an ordinary performance and the other actor got it right and I thought Gene was going to throw the actor off the ledge of the building.
“I sympathize with Gene because to him, Wes Anderson was just a punk kid and Gene’s made some of the greatest American movies. So he was a little irritable. But he had to work with children, dogs, Kumar [Pallana, who played valet Pagoda], who was like an absolute mystery to all of us anyway. They put him in very challenging positions to work, and so he just felt a lot of responsibility and kept thinking, ‘What am I doing here with these people?’ But the performance he gives is brilliant. And I watched him, and I suffered with him because I saw what he was going through.”
Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home on Wednesday, in a case that has been ruled “suspicious” by detectives investigating the matter.
(Source: Variety)
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