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The production company “Searchlight Pictures” has stopped filming “Being Mortal” with immediate effect and has placed lead actor Bill Murray (71, “Lost in Translation”) on leave, according to several American media reports. Reason: Apparently inappropriate behavior on set.
On Wednesday, the production company sent out an email to all of the film’s staff, informing them that filming was being suspended due to an unspecified incident: “A complaint was brought to our attention at the end of last week and we immediately addressed that.” Processed,” it says after the BILD information in the mail.
It is still unclear whether Murray will remain in the film or will be replaced by another actor. Nearly half of the film has been completed since filming began in late March.
Especially spicy: behind the movie “Being Mortal” is Hollywood all-rounder Aziz Ansari (39, “Master of None”), who not only wrote the screenplay, directed it, produced the work, and appeared in front of the camera next to Murray. stood up. ,
Ansari took a “constructive hiatus” in 2018 after he was accused of sexual misconduct. Being Mortal, he was to return to the big screen.
Upon request, “Searchlight Pictures” has so far declined to comment on the internal investigation.
