Geena Davis Details Bill Murray's Harassment on 'Quick Change' Set: 'I Should Have Walked Out'

In her upcoming memoir "Dying of Politeness," Geena Davis opens up about a toxic experience working with Bill Murray on the 1990 film "Quick Change." She accuses Murray of behaving inappropriately towards her during her first audition, then being too aggressive with her on set.

The actress explained the experience in a new interview with . The publication offered the following summary of her description of her work with Murray in the book: "She is introduced to [Murray], she writes, in a hotel suite, where Murray greets her with something called The Thumper, a massage device which he insists on using on her, despite her adamant refusal; later, as they film on location, Murray reunites with Davis in her trailer and begins yelling at her for being late ( she's waiting for her wardrobe), keeps yelling at her as she rushes onto set and even when she gets there, in front of hundreds of cast, crew, curious passers-by."

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"It was bad," Davis said in the interview. "The way he behaved in the first meeting... I should have left or defended myself deeply, in which case I would not have had the role. I could have avoided this treatment if I had knew how to react or what to do during the audition. But, you know, I was so non-confrontational that I just didn't."

Davis went on to say that she regretted blaming herself, as the consequences of the inappropriate behavior should weigh on Murray.

"There's no point in regretting things, and yet here I was regretting," she said. "It wasn't my fault."

This isn't the first time Murray has been accused of inappropriate conduct on a film set. Aziz Ansari's debut film "Being Mortal" had to suspend production after Murray was accused of unspecified reports of inappropriate behavior. Murray has never denied the charges, although he attributed it to a misunderstanding.

"You know, the world is different from when I was little," Murray said in his first interview after the suspension. "You know, what I always thought was funny when I was little isn't necessarily the same as what's funny now. Things change and times change, so it's important for me to understand. And I think the most important thing is that it's best for the other person. I've thought about that, and if it's not better for the other person, it doesn't matter what happens to me."< /p>

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