Bill Murray Headbutts McG Because Bill Murray Is The McBest
In an interview with the Guardian UK, McG tells a charming anecdote about being head-butted in the FACE on the set of one of his movies. SPOILER ALERT, I already told you who it was.
Terminator Salvation got a slug of unwanted publicity when the now infamous Christian Bale flame-out hit the internet. McG declines to comment any further than he already has, but points out that movie sound stages can be stressful places where creative battles sometimes become heated. Particularly, it seems, on his sound-stages. "I'm reintroducing the fist-fight to movie sets," he smiles. "I don't think there's been a film I've made where there hasn't been some kind of physical fight. I mean, I've been headbutted by an A-list star. Square in the head. An inch later and my nose would have been obliterated." Will he be revealing any names? "Nah, I probably shouldn't," he smiles. "But it was Bill Murray. Y'know, it's a passionate industry."
Oh man. Obviously, Videogum does not endorse physical violence that results in serious injury. We sincerely hope that McG lives a long and healthy life (or at least I do, I can't speak for Lindsay, she probably wants that dude dead). But we do endorse a return to the days when gentlemen knew how to resolve conflicts: with either a sharp headbutt to the face, a closed-fist tap on the chin, or perhaps an unsheathed cutlass just to acknowledge that the threat is real. Because real men carry cutlasses in sheaths tied to their waist by fine, silk scarves. AS THEY SHOULD. And of course we endorse Bill Murray as being the one to bring that back. More like Best Murray. (Thanks for the tip, Nicole and Jonathan.)
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Behind The Scenes
Tags: Bill Murray | Charlie's Angels | Fist Fights | Headbutts | McG | Terminator: Salvation
On the set of Charlie's Angels? That must have been interesting. I wonder if Crispin Glover was at the scene, because that's the only way this story could be better. (Or maybe if Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu were making out in the background.)
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I really wish Crispin Glover was in more movies.
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From now on, I'm going to headbutt people, then yell, "It's Suntory time!"
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It's sad to realize that we, as a society, are at the point where we've obviously already forgotten about BELT SWORD. "Sheathed cutlass"? Yeah, right! Maybe in 2008!
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Who ya gonna call? Bill Murray!
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why does bill murray have flowers in his beard?
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why does bill murray have flowers in his beard?
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I don't understand why one of this is voted down a bit, and the other is voted up a bit. very strange!
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WHY DOES BILL MURRAY HAVE FLOWERS IN HIS BEARD
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WHY DO THEY RESEMBLE ACNE PUSTULES
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Seriously. Just when I thought Bill Murray couldn't get any cooler, it turns out he IS cooler than I thought and has been since 2000.
Also, I hope every post tagged "McG" will be sporting the new "Headbutts" tag as well.
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Daymaker.
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Bill Murray also punched Chevy Chase in the face when Chase returned to SNL to host. While yelling "Medium talent!" Bill Murray's recognition of when loathesome people need to be headbutted/punched in the face is a true service to mankind.
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I heard Chevy Chase talking about that on Howard Stern one time and he said that they're friends but Bill is kind of a weirdo which I can totally buy. I also remember a couple years back when Bill was getting divorced from his wife she came out talked all kinds of shit about him. She said he likes to smoke reefer and disappear for weeks at a time.
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Bill Murray played Hunter S. Thompson in the ill-fated movie "Where the Buffalo Roam," and was nearly killed by the Dr., who was so paranoid that he tied Bill to a lawn chair and threw in his pool. They ended up being good friends afterward, though.
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Can he make a movie about that? A guy who just headbutts people who are the worst? I would give that film my money many times over. Murray would do it with such ease.
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I've already got the title: 'Broken Face'. And the opening sequence is Bill Murray head-butting Seth MacFarlane in the face - with the Pixies song playing in the background, obviously.
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"I don't think there's been a film I've made where there hasn't been some kind of physical fight."
Yeah that's the sort of tension one should expect in a workplace where every employee is thinking "Why the fuck am I working for this twat?"
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That article says "he smiled" TWICE in that one snippet. Bad writing jeans.
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Ghostbusters was on tv last night, and I was like "I love Bill Murray"
Then then showed Ghostbusters 2, that movie sucks.
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I have no idea who McG is. You keep writing it and I have no idea who you are talking about.
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Bill Murray is the new Bill Brasskey. (sp?)
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YES. the second i saw this today on ONTD i knew it would be recapped here. rightly so.
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And Bill Murray continues to be my hero.
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