The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Shaun of the Deaddirector Edgar Wright shared a bizarre and screaming encounter he had with Bill Murray at a crowd wrap party forFantastic Mr. Fox . Murray has had a long and historied career in comedy , go in the seventies with his appearances on the early time of year ofSNL , and continue through the eighties with a host of drollery classic , includingCaddyshack , Ghostbusters , andGroundhog Day . After a series of personal upshot and box office flops , Murray spent most of the nineties attempt to avoid the spotlight .
However , quirky indie theater director Wes Anderson re - enliven his vocation by casting him inRushmoreandThe Royal Tenenbaums , which lead to his Oscar - nominated role in Sophia Coppola’sLost In Translation . Murray and Anderson have collaborated oftentimes since , with Murray appearing in most of his movie , including provide the articulation of the Badger inFantastic Mr. Fox , an adaption of Roald Dahl ’s Hellenic small fry ’s tale . At the same time , Murray has develop a reputation for hiseccentric conduct , often occupy acting Job on a impulse , and randomly appearing at parties or eatery to the pleasure of fan , only to dead leave behind before long after .
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Now , Wright , the British director of the Cornetto Trilogy , Baby Driver , and the upcomingLast Night in Soho , shared his encounter with Bill Murray , and it is typically bizarre and uproarious . Wright tweeted that Jason Schwartzman , another frequent Anderson hotshot , introduced him to Murray outside a London gin mill where the gang wrap party forFantastic Mr. Foxwas happening . Wright aver Murray furtively offered to share something with him before pull an energy crapulence out of his pelage , making Wright drink in half of it and then disappearing . you could read the storey below .
The story is so outrageous that it has to be true , and it is typical of a Murray encounter . He has done things like this so often that a documentary , The Bill Murray tale : Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man , was made about the so - called Murray sightings . The difference this time is that it befall not to a random member of the public , but a well - known filmmaker , who was able-bodied to share his unexpected encounter with the world , albeit over a tenner afterwards .
While Wright and Murray have never function together , it would be a treat to see them collaborate on screen . While Murray ’s body of work tends to either be square comedies or drollery - drama , such as Coppola ’s next task , On the Rocks , it would be large to see him in the type of conventionalised genre motion-picture show that Wright is known for . For now , though , we have this story , which we can be reminded of the next timeFantastic Mr. Foxappears on goggle box .
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Source : Edgar Wrightvia Twitter
