Actress Geena Davis had to face harassment in the early stages of her career. The star reveals in his memoir how comedian Bill Murray behaved inappropriately towards him.
Oscar winner Geena Davis gave an iconic performance as Thelma, Thelma & Louise in 1991. Now the actress talks about the harassment she faced, Dying of Politeness –in his memoir.
Before playing the role of Thelma, Davis acted in the movie Gig in the Tube Bill Murraythe girlfriend of the character played by n.
According to the star, Bill Murray’s inappropriate behavior started from the first meeting.
Thelma&Louise movie celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2021. Pictured are Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. PDO
In his memoir, Davis retraces the events of the 1990 movie Keikka puteksa. The star makes wild claims Bill Murrayn’s behavior during the filming of the film.
Murray behaved aggressively and was very demanding. He had yelled at Davis on several different occasions for the smallest of reasons. The yelling didn’t always happen between two people either, but Davis got to experience humiliation in front of other co-workers as well.
One day, when Davis was late for filming, the star was humiliated in front of the entire film crew.
Tähti tells a very unusual story about his first encounter with his co-star, where he forcefully massaged her back and shoulders. Davis says that Murray massaged her using a hand-held massager, even though Davis had repeatedly told her that she did not want a massage.
Murray served as the film’s producer and co-director Howard Franklinalong with
In 2004, Geena Davis founded a foundation whose mission is to improve gender equality in the TV and film industry. PDO
Davis tells to The Times magazine, that he did not know how to defend himself properly from the first meeting.
– I should have walked out or fundamentally defended myself and my will. In that situation, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the role, Davis thinks.
Davis played Phyllis Potter, the girlfriend of Murray’s character, in the film The Show.
Bill Murray and Geena Davis in the movie Giga puteksa. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection, AOP
The actor regrets that he has previously blamed his young self for not being able to defend himself in the situation. He hadn’t done anything wrong himself.
– There is no point in regretting what happened, but still, that’s what I did. And I know, it wasn’t my fault, Davis says.
The case is not the first of its kind where Bill Murray has been accused of inappropriate behavior in the workplace.
In April Searchlight Pictures interrupted Aziz Ansari’s production of Being Mortal due to Murray’s alleged behavior and allegations against him.