has addressed the complaints made against him, which has resulted in the
The 71-year-old actor was accused of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ on the set of his latest film – which also stars Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen.
According to the report, Ansari or Rogen were not part of the complaint.
Sources told the halt in filming is due to a complaint against Murray, while Searchlight Pictures has launched an ongoing investigation.
Sitting down with CNBC at the 2022 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting on Saturday, Murray characterised his alleged behaviour as a ‘difference of opinion’ with a woman on the set.
‘I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way,’ he said.
‘The company, 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.’
Addressing where things stand currently, he continued: ‘But as of now, we’re talking and we’re trying to make peace with each other. I think that’s where the real issue is, between our peace.
‘We’re both professionals. We like each other’s work. We like each other, I think, and if you can’t really get along and trust each other, there’s no point in going further working together or making a movie as well.’
The Ghostbusters star said the incident has been a learning experience for him, and that the production suspension has given him time to think about his own behaviour.
‘I know that there are people behind me in the pipeline watching my mistakes and going, “OK, I’m not going to forget that one.”
‘I feel like I’ve learned more in the last year or two than I may have learned in a whole decade.’
The film marks Ansari’s directorial debut as he helms, writes, and stars in the movie, which is based on Atul Gawande’s 2014 nonfiction book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
Principal photography got underway on March 28, and it’s said they were halfway through before the production was stopped.
There was initially a planned release plan for 2023, but it’s not yet known if the filming being halted will impact this.
