This permanent A list comic actor got a movie shut down because of his behavior.

He won’t be back on the movie and probably will never work again once the nearly 100 stories of women and his behavior become public.

Bill Murray

Is Bill Murray About To Be Canceled? Speculation Mounts After His Dubious Exit From Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’

Bill Murray reportedly dropped out of Wes Anderson‘s upcoming movie Asteroid City after contracting COVID-19, Variety reports this afternoon. The (formerly?) beloved actor allegedly left the production after being diagnosed with the virus, not long before Asteroid City began filming … last September?!? Hmmmmm.

A source told the outlet that Murray was recast after he contracted COVID-19, and that Steve Carrell eventually replaced him during shooting of the Focus Features production in Spain.

Murray’s departure from Asteroid City is surprising considering his long history of collaboration with Anderson; the two have worked together on Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums and more.

His exit also follows Murray’s recent on-set controversy from Aziz Ansari’s film, Being Mortal. Production on the project was halted in April over “inappropriate behavior” from Murray, whose interaction with a woman on set led to a formal complaint and a studio investigation.

Murray shared his side of the incident during an April interview with CNBC, in which he described their interaction as “a difference of opinion.”

“I did something I thought was funny and it wasn’t taken that way,” Murray said. “The movie studio wanted to do the right thing so they wanted to check it all out, investigate it and so they stopped the production.” – Source

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