Bill Murray recalls working with ‘tough nut’ Gene Hackman on ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’
nypost.comGene Hackman, who died at age 95 on Wednesday under strange circumstances.“He was a tough nut, Gene Hackman. But he was really good,” Murray, 74, said in an interview with the Associated Press.
The “Ghostbusters” star added, “And he was really difficult, we can say it now, but he was a tough guy. Older, great actors do not give young directors much of a chance.
They’re really rough on them, and Gene was really rough on Wes [Anderson]. I used to kind of step in there and just try to defend my friend.”The 2001 comedy was filmed when Anderson was just 32.
The movie ultimately put the legendarily quirky filmmaker on the map. Hackman played family patriarch Royal Tenenbaum. Murray co-starred, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson and Danny Glover.
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