Geena Davis recalls Bill Murray screaming at her

Geena Davis, 66, is opening up about her not-so-good experience with Bill Murray during the shoot of Quick Change, 1990.  In her forthcoming memoir, Dying of Politeness, Geena talks about her first encounter with Bill, who was also the co-director of Quick Change. She recalls how Bill insisted on using a massaging tool on her, despite her refusal. She says this took place in a hotel suite, which was the starting point of a “bad” experience with Bill. He began to scream at her on the set of the film. She was yelled at for being late, though she was waiting for her wardrobe in her trailer. The yelling continued in front of several crew members and by-passers when she rushed to the sets. She regrets looking back at the situation and says,

“the way he behaved at the first meeting…I should have walked out of that or profoundly defended myself, in which case I wouldn’t have got the part. I could have avoided that treatment if I’d known how to react or what to do during the audition. But, you know, I was so non-confrontational that I just didn’t.”

The statements given by Geena seemed like she was blaming herself for the happenings, and when the reporter suggested there were no mistakes on her part, she said,

“Ha. Point taken. There’s no point in regretting things, and yet, here I was regretting. And yes, exactly, it wasn’t my fault.”