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Lucy Liusays it doesn’t comfort her to hear other actors say they had bad experiences working withBill Murray.
Back in 2021,Liu said that Murray, now 72, clashed with her on the set of the 2000 filmCharlie’s Angels, hurling language that was “inexcusable and unacceptable.”
“I was not going to just sit there and take it. So, yes, I stood up for myself, and I don’t regret it,” she said at the time on theLos Angeles Times’Asian Enoughpodcast.
In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, theShazam! Fury of the Godsactress, 54, reveals what it was like to see other actors share similar experiences with Murray, in the years since she told her story.
“I felt sad that it happened to other people. It doesn’t make me feel validated to hear other people having bad experiences,” she says.
“I don’t think it’s a great feeling to have to live with that and to feel that you’re punishing yourself for something that you had no control over. I feel very grateful that people are able to speak their minds and release that because I don’t think it’s a positive energy to hold within yourself,” adds Liu. “It’s valuable to be able to connect to other people and feel like you’re not the only one.”
Reps for Murray did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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The actress also dispelled past rumors that she didn’t get along withCharlie’s AngelscostarsDrew BarrymoreandCameron Diaz, telling PEOPLE, “What I love about that relationship is that so many people denied it and created these rumors that we were fighting and that we didn’t get along. But ultimately what I think people miss is that women can get along.”
“We don’t have to continue the idea that women are cat-fighting,” says Liu. “And now we see with the #MeToo movement all of these things happening, and it sort of breaks and shatters those old prejudices.”
When Barrymore, 48,recalled the incident on her talk showin 2021, she claimed costar Murray appeared to be in a “bad mood” and: “What you have to know is how much Lucy stood up for herself, and that was the great thing that came out of an unfortunate circumstance. She literally said, ‘I do not accept that kind of behavior from you.’ And we all supported her and backed her up and we moved forward.”
Some stars to share negative stories about working Murray include Geena Davis, whosaid he verbally berated on setin front of about 300 crew members while making 1990’sQuick Change,and Seth Green. Last April, Murray wasaccused of sexual misconducton the set of Aziz Ansari’s upcoming movieBeing Mortal. At the time, he spoke toCNBC, saying he “had a difference of opinion” with a woman working on the production.
“I didsomething I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way,” Murray, who currently appears inAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, said at the time.
Shazam! Fury of the Godsis in theaters March 17.
For more on Lucy Liu, pick up this week’s issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
