The Real Reason Richard Dreyfuss Can't Stand Bill Murray
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- Sometimes, actors have a hard time building up the amount of hatred they’re supposed to have for another actor’s character, but Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss had no such problem. The two men were the stars of the 1991 Frank Oz comedy, What About Bob?, and apparently all of that animosity we saw on screen between their characters was quite real. It may have led to good comedy, but it did not lead to a good relationship between the two actors, as Dreyfuss has continued to tell the story of the troubled production in the decades since the comedy hit movie screens.
Let’s take a look at all the bizarre details of why Richard Dreyfuss can’t stand Bill Murray.
#BillMurray #Actors #Hollywood
How Dreyfuss sees it | 0:00
How Murray sees it | 1:07
Tension on set | 1:48
Did this all start on SNL? | 2:25
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Can you name any other famous celebrity rivalries?
Nicki Swift Eddie Murphy vs David Spade (Eddy went salty over Spade joke)
Nicki Swift
"Do your own work, stop relying on others."
Nicki Swift
I heard recently that Richard Pryor couldn't stand Gene Wilder.
Nicki Swift Chevy Chase vs Bill Murray they seriously can't stand one another
Justin Gabriel a brawl ensued init
You think he's gone? He's never gone! You see?!
Paul Smith Yooo lol I see what you did there!!
Is this some radical new therapy
I just watched this yesterday lol
"Get out...."
"No we won't get out"
Classic... Classic statement
Their real life antagonism toward each other made the movie better. Hatred creates chemistry.
This is why What About Bob is such a great movie. The emotions on-screen are real.
I was a uniformed NYC cop on duty at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1980, when Bill Murray buttonholed me to be his involuntary dupe in a little skit he decided to "go public" with. He came across the street wearing an worn old high school varsity jacket, with what appeared to be a pint bottle of whiskey hanging out of his pocket. He was playing the part of a shallow Irish-American drunk for the crowd behind me on the sidewalk and using me as part of his little pantomime. Up until then I had been a Bill Murray fan, and admittedly, as the son of Irish immigrants, I had felt some pride in his success as a fellow Irish-American. I didn't appreciate his "drafting me" into his little skit, one in which I was supposed to "relate" with his dialogue, i.e., "Did Pat Moynihan come up yet", etc. It wasn't that he wasn't witty. He was actually pretty "cutting edge" in his caricature of a certain "type" of "shallow Irish drunkard", that IS out there. No, what burned me was that this "act" of his was what he decided to bring to the St. Patrick's Day Parade that day. It wasn't television, it was real life, and I was appalled that Bill Murray, as successful as he was at the time, was so needy of attention, and so insensitive to heritage of Irish people, that he chose to model a negative stereotype for the crowd that day. The crowd laughed. I didn't. My Irish father had only died the year before, and I resented being chosen out of the crowd of cops, for my Irish face, and the stereotype he sought to put upon me. I hope for his sake, he's grown up a bit since. It's one thing to play a "jerk", it's another thing to be one.
John Johnson
George Carlin evolved to become our most intelligent and intellectually challenging "master of stand-up". He "went out swinging"!
Ur being a little sensitive don't u think? Irish Americans are notorious for beating that stereotype to death. It's just like everybody thinks ppl who are Italian are mobbed up. Just a stupid joke he did...
Motion seconded and granted! The consensus is unanimous, brother John.
You should have helped his comedy by macing him.
People aren't at their best when hammered drunk.
"Baby steps, Bob. Baby steps."
Great! ha-ha-ha-ha....
😂😂
I went to my peer group meeting for people who suffer from anxiety and depression and i used Richard dryfess line about taking baby steps from movie what about about bob. They said" hey man your smart you have a good easy way of looking at things".
Baby steps into the elevator. I'm in the elevator.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Well, Bob... There's a Ground Breaking New Book.... "Meanwhile an entire Shelf full .... Freaking hilarious..
So basically what you’re saying is, you don’t know the real reason for the beef between them.
Pretty much what I got out of it. Every one of their points fizzled out.
Basically with all these kind of vids, they know shit and rant random bs most of times.
Thank you for saving me a couple of minutes.
Exactly. No beef.
And did anyone else notice that the drunken fat Richard, could barely speak when he called Murray a drunken Irishman? Lol
Well now we know. Bill Murray was drunk and belligerent on set and tried to attack RIchard and threw a glass at him. Resulting in him needing bodyguards around Bill.
Richard Dreyfuss always plays the funniest ‘angry’ characters in movies, while Bill Murray is known for irking his fellow cast members on set. The ‘real’ tension between these two actors worked masterfully to make the hostility between the two characters believable in ‘What About Bob?’
Duh
Nice detective work Sherlock! 😅😅😅
*[Leo has a rifle pointed at Bob]*
*Bob Wiley* "What are we doing?"
*Dr. Leo Marvin* "Death Therapy, Bob. It's a guaranteed cure."
Galantski ---Man, I loved that part and then the writing showing that they were fighting over the Death Therapy idea😆😆
There's an interview with Richard Dreyfuss on CZcams where he explains that one night when they were making What About Bob? Murray got roaring drunk, screamed at Dreyfuss that everyone hates him and threw a heavy glass ashtray at Dreyfuss head but missed. Things were obviously tense after that.
😂Don't really want to hear rumours. My favourite actor❤. Always had class and that dark sense of humour. "Lost in translation" is beautiful. I personally think others are jealous of him. Most people don't know how to have class and here's a little fact for you; he's ALWAYS had it.
@@marsmission-zw9fq When it's from a first-hand source, it's not a rumor...
@@marsmission-zw9fqit's not a rumor. Dreyfus said it himself. I like Groundhog Day, but Murray really isn't a nice guy.
Knowing someone in the industry that has worked with Murray on more than one occasion has also repeated that he is totally insufferable, whose work ethic left a lot to be desired so I can very well imagine him irritating Dreyfuss. The story this friend told me about Murray, at the end of it I wanted to punch Murrary if I ever saw him.
It’s why Aykroid and Harold Ramis could work with him. They did all the hard work, knew how important he was in filling certain roles , and were able to work with him in the right way
He has some of the ups and downs that you see with incredible comedians. Murray is flawed like the rest of us.
@MS-ht9it you don't have to be perfect to not be an asshole
Richard Dreyfuss is such a fantastic actor. For me, he's one of the greats. He should have more Oscars. He should have won for his work on 'Jaws'. But I suspect the Academy was too pompous to nominate an actor in a _blockbuster_ action film. Every actor was wonderful in that film - the woman whose son got killed too. The scene between her and Roy Scheider where she slapped him - even though it wasn't his fault, is etched in my memory. I felt so sorry for Roy's character. Bill Murray is a good actor too and so funny. But he doesn't have the best reputation either.
Comedians are often nasty pieces of work in real life. You'd be surprised. I still enjoy his work anyway.
That is true they can be jerks. Richard did win best actor for the movie he did in between Jaws and Close Encounters called The Goodbye Girl. It lead to his only SNL appearence.
Well, with Jaws, a Supporting Actor nomination would have likely gone to Robert Shaw if one was given as Roy Scheider was the clear lead of the film and would have been up for Best Actor if nominated. Plus number of times, studios don’t want two performers to cancel each other out so they try not to have multiple actors or actresses nominated in the same category unless they’re sure one will defiantly win. Dreyfuss was great in Jaws, but of the main supporting characters, Quint was the obvious standout as Brody was the guy the audience could relate since he’s out of his depth with a Shark problem and doing what he can to learn as he goes to deal with this problem, we’re more in tune with his character than anyone else’s. Hooper is great and Dreyfuss was excellent, but Shaw would have been nominated for Supporting Actor over Dreyfuss, but the acting in Jaws got snubbed like Spielberg did for Best Director.
This is about the 10th celebrity that had a problem working with Bill Murray.
I love "What about Bob"
"You think he's gone? That's the whole point. He's never gone!"
"Is this some radical new therapy?"
"YOU SEE?!"
Lucy Liu had a similar experience with Murray. Murray is a well-known bully.
....according to two people..
@@trevordrexler1138 ....That worked with him for an extended period of time.
Oh please ever notice most of the time people who complain about others like Dryfuss is here are the only ones talking junk about another right on camera.
Bill Murray is not one of them. I've never heard him sit there in an interview making the entire interview about someone "bullying" him.
When ppl like Dryfuss go on camera gossiping as such it tells me more or less he just couldn't get his way and let's face it Dryfuss will never be even this day the household name Murray is and has been since the SNL days.
@@pinkcashmeres and that means what exactly?
Lucy was smashed back then.
What About Bob is hilarious. I did not know about this between these two guys. But I've heard stories about both of them being difficult to work with.
One of my Absolute FAVORITE 😂 movies. Whatever they did it worked.
I've seen "What About Bob?" around 200 times. During the 90s I wore out two VHS tapes- to this day it's still one of my favorite comedies.
It *IS* afavorite of mine, but...
I think it could have been better if Dreyfuss had been less frenetic.
I know it was supposed to be funny, but it ended up almost slapstick.
In a sense, both Dreyfuss & Murray were competing for the comedy, with no straight man.
Yes, I'll admit the competition worked magic of its own.
I don't think of it as a Dreyfuss movie, but as a Murray movie.
Rose Smith Great movie!
Richard Dreyfuss and Sir Robert Shaw didn't get along on the set of Jaws either so it could be a lot of Richard Dreyfuss but I've heard other people say that Murray was insufferable. It could just be as simple as they both were jerks. I do agree with Dreyfus about one thing, Bill Murray is funny as hell!
Jason Fountain
“Stop playin’ with yerself Hooper,
Slow ahead, if ye please.”
Yes, well, 2 people out of the thousands and thousands and thousands that Dreyfusss has worked with throughout the decades is definitely a pattern...
thats too bad cause i like himin jaws and what about bob was funny the jokes resinate
The combo worked to produce one of the funniest and most profound movies ever. In "recovery" circles (12-step fellowships) we use it to great advantage. Baby Steps. Thank you.
@@joebagodonuts7563 They are both jerks but really funny or serious. Actors/comedians.
I love when Bob is having dinner with the fam and he won't stop making noise. and Dr Marvin screams "will you stop that please!"
Bill Murray's feuds always start immediately after working with co-stars or directors. Seems like the problem is with him
''what about bob'' is a movie that still holds up great, even in 2018, it is still a genuine cult classic.
Not cult
And not great
Baby Steps till What about Bob two. Baby Steps till What about Bob two!
not cult - and great.
I think Bill Murray was getting under Richard Dreyfuss skin because that was the plot of the movie. Basically he was trying to get the movie to be as authentic as possible.
It can be done by acting
it worked,
Sounds like Murray and Belushi took a cue from Robert Shaw in Jaws. Apparently Dreyfuss just takes himself waaay too serious.
Rick Baker . Yeah, Robert Shaw couldn't stand the wee prick either.
Nah, I have heard personally that he’s a prick to most people. Eeeeewwww
@@skinnybuddha8988 they're both known to be difficult to work with. But they're both great on screen and that's what matters.
@@Revelator2025 Forgot the J ;)
Goes to show you actors don't have to get along to make a classic. What about Bob is one of the funniest movies EVER made. Both Murray and Dreyfuss were brilliant.
Knowing that these 2 actually couldn't stand each other during filming makes me wanna wanna watch it again that much more!
It's too bad. Alvin Sargent wrote the movie and I knew him. He just passed away peacefully. It's a shame after all these years they can't let things go.
Murray and Dreyfuss should star in a reboot of “Grumpy Old Men.”
That is actually a really good idea. I would most definitely want to see that.
Haha, that's brilliant!
Good idea
You might be on to something there!
Back in the day my friend's dad had Richard Dreyfuss come into his office to order some custom invitations. Dreyfuss immediately requested that they swap positions so that Dreyfuss would be sitting behind the desk. My friend's dad agreed and they switched. But right away Dreyfuss leaned back and put his feet up on the desk! My friend's dad immediately told him to get his f*ing feet off of his desk. Dreyfuss complied and said "I just like to see how far I can push people".
I couldn't care less.
"What about Bob" is fricking hilarious ...the end product is all that matters to me. ❤ 🎥
It was one of the funniest movies of the 90s. Champagne acting; fantastic chemistry between the two stars. Dreyfuss' best performance?
I had no idea they didn't like each other.
To my surprise Richard Donner said Bill Murray was hell to work with in the movie Scrooged.
I have friends in the industry and apparently neither one of them is a day at the beach.
A feud between two stars of a certain vintage - old beef. Dry-aged beef?
I always wish they'd made a What About Bob 2 they could call it "Death Therapy" they still can🤔😲
🔥
There is rumored to be a feud between Bill Murray and Chevy Chase from the Caddyshack movie.
Yeah, but Chevy Chase has a long history of having all of the social graces of a honey badger. If someone feuds with him, I generally don't count them.
There was a feud between them that went back to the SNL days but apparently they were total professionals during Caddyshack. Murray said years later that they are friends again
That goes back to snl
@Optical Clarity When I lived in LA years ago, I loved Maxine Waters, she really came through for veterans in need. Now she's just getting too old & cranky.
Supposedly Chevy and Bill had a fist fight back stage on SNL when Chevy Chase hosted for the first time. Bill apparently had gotten the better of Chevy.
“Your wife didn’t leave you, you left her because she likes Neil Dimon”...
Ahh the great Neil Dimon...
Richard Dreyfuss can't stand anybody.
He's right about wanting to bring civics class back into the school curriculum.
I thought no one could stand Richard Dryfuss.
@@purselmer5931 Robert Shaw liked him...no wait...
@@eddiemcgrath8536 Just looked this up. OMG, your comment's too funny!
Heard from someone who works at a country club in CT and says Richard Dreyfuss was the meanest celebrity she’d ever dealt with
I'm not surprised. He just gives off the impression of being an arrogant dirt bag.
Hilarious movie. I would have never thought there being any problem between the two. I do remember though that during the making of "Jaws" Robert Shaw (who played Quint) did not get along with Richard Dreyfuss either. I don't know why but the two butted heads. It's weird because I've probably seen that movie at least 50 times as it's a favorite of mine and I never tire of watching it. When you see a movie you think it's all hunky-dorry with everyone (that's how I think) because in the finished product the movie is excellent and you never can tell what's going on behind the scenes. I'd rather remain ignorant of those things and just enjoy the movie as I see it.
I need Richard Dreyfuss to explain how he was teaching Biology classes at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts during the 90s....or maybe I had his doppleganger? Haha.
My favourite actor❤. Always had class and that dark sense of humour. "Lost in translation" is beautiful. I personally think others are jealous of him. Most people don't know how to have class and here's a little fact for you; he's ALWAYS had it.
"I'm sailing!"
-Bob Wiley
My most quoted line in my life...it always makes my Wife laugh!
Ahoy!!
He just let the boat do the work. =^..^=
"What About Bob?" is a classic. Filmed around Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Va. I was living in Franklin County at the time.
I love that film. It's a conflict that becomes a nightmare but put hilarity to the movie.
I promise you, these guys love each other
well, whatever it worked! What about Bob is Murray's funniest movie and performance by far. And Dreyfuss being fuming mad in it is also hilarious. I guess the fact that it was real is why it's so good, haha.
just watched this the other day, for the umpteenth time. a true classic. friction maybe, chemistry definitely.
LOVED THIS. what a treat.
I like both of them but you can't be loved by everyone in this world.
I don't care about a 'beef'. " 'What about Bob' is my all time favourite movies. It's fantastic.
Well, "What About Dr. Leo Marvin???" There's a sequel we'd all love to see.
No wonder the movie is a classic!!!❤❤❤
One thing I wonder is if Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito got along when making 1987's Tin Men. I like that one!
I loved “ What aAbout Bob”… it worked … the animosity helped 👍
Ayyy! I didn't know Fozzie directed What About Bob?!
I know the real beef between them..... Bill Murray is really Bob. Forever
Whoa really thy did movies together 😱👍😱
Murray came up through a very different path in his acting career and he never liked the "Hollywood" actors who took themselves a little too seriously. The tension between the 2 worked in the movie, because it brought out the real rage that Dreyfuss had for Murray. Regardless, it's a great movie and there was a different feel to Dreyfuss in this film that really made his character come alive - whether he realized it or not.
Thank you for the beef. That’s my favorite movie. You two are geniuses. I’ve seen it over a thousand thousand times. It helped me out a lot all the times I felt, well like Bob.
That movie is the story of my life the last 14 years. My life being coopted. Love Dreyfus. He needs another love interest script like Goodbye girl. Cute.
Wow..killer info
Crappy to hear this since they were so gold together on What About Bob?
GETOUTATHACAAAAAA!!!!
OMG!!!!😆😆😆 I remember this
Channeling Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden to perfection!
Appreciate them both! Both make smile even today.
"mysterious beef"? you just explained it for almost four minutes!
What about Bob? Issa classic comedy that's funny no matter how many times u watch it
“Doctor Maaarviiiin!!”
Richard Dreyfuss knows civics.
For those who don’t know what civics is it’s how our democracy functions.
Hilarious movie I'd love to see a sequel lol
Anyone able to translate the mumblings of that convention? Thanks.
“I am decent; I also happen to be naked”
It’s sarcasm ,they are playing a game. Cmon they are not upset with each other.
LOVE YA..BILL
GREW UP WATCHING YOU WHEN YOU STARTED ... SATURDAY NITE LIVE!!!
MUCH LOVE BILL😎😍😘
Dryfuss seems slightly pompous, but Murray has been described as an abusive drunk by others.
This isn't a movie. They weren't acting. This is real life.
If it weren't for how personal Groundhog Day is for me (was a family staple, we still watch it every christmas) What About Bob? would probably be my favorite Bill Murray movie. Interesting, I noted 2 movies where Bill clashed with his co-workers and created beefs. I'm glad he and Harold Ramis made up before he died at least. That made taking the news of his death easier.
Dreyfuss is short tempered, and Murray knew it!!! So he wanted to have fun!!! Really PISSED Dreyfuss off!!!
Two very talented people. Too bad they can't appreciate each other and bury the hatchet.
One of my favorite movies of all time
I have never seen a funnier movie in 67 years of Comedy movie watching these two together were just perfect my two boys were brought up on the dialogue for this movie. Two geniuses at work on a perfect movie script.
More than anyone else, Richard Dreyfuss makes me feel old. I see him so young and "Jaws" - and I see him now.
It sounds like Murray was a genius, that that helped make the tension between Bob and his therapist work. I wouldn't be surprised if there is no animosity at all.
@3.02 was that Stallone handing Dreyfus an award. Stallone is 5’6” so Dreyfus must be a dwarf.
The Doctor: "I want some peace and quiet##!#$##!@#!!"
Simon and Bob: "I'll be quiet"...."I'll be peace".....lol....lol...
"Looks back fondly on the torment of his co star" lol
Jealousy: a very powerful emotion.
Whatever the reason was behind the animosity between those two actors, it definitely benefited the movie.
A bit dated, Murray allegedly was drunk and in ill humor. His temper has become well known like when he attacked a photographer in the Hamptons in 2019, who was related to Carly Simon. So since he was not all together Murray began insulting the cast of What About Bob and went up to Dreyfuss who was trying to calm him down and Murray was trying to hit him and insulted him by saying unkind things. I would have to find the interview with Yahoo to recall exactly what he said. Dreyfuss was about to discuss with Murray about the next scene and his lines and was commenting about how funny he was. But as Murray was trying to punch him, Bill took out a broke piece from a glass bottle and threw it at Richard who ducked and in anger ran off and he spent most of the movie trying to avoid Murray or be with bodyguards when off the set. Murray has had these outbursts before. Chevy also has a bad demeanor. And they replaced each other on SNL, so when Chase hosted in 1979 they got into a fight when they met for the first time, but patched it up quickly and appeared together in Caddyshack, which came out only months later. Bill ended up feuding with buddy, director and fellow Ghostbuster Harold Ramis on the set of Groundhog Day. It resulted in them not speaking to each other a good 12 years. They repaired the friendship right about 7 years before Harold announced he had cancer.
I don't like Richard Dreyfuss after I saw a interview he did after finishing the Jaws movie. He was young and said it was the worst film he has ever been in and slagged off the producer and some actors. Move forward after Jaws was a smash hit and Richard Dreyfuss was in another interview and said completely the opposite. What a hypocrite. That was the moment he became not worthy of my attention.
Can't remember the last time I even heard anything about Dreyfus!
I watched this movie every night when I was ten, with the with oldschool pop up VCR... good times
Timothy Sanders vcr? What’s that?
I remember not liking the movie What About Bob when it came out.
Sounds basically like SNL guys couldn't stand anyone who was too uptight and full of themselves about their method acting gravitas. Now it's different - SNL'ers today fawn over anyone like they're fans... but in seasons 1,2,3 they were genuinely irreverent and gave no F's
They should have made up some movie with Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Martin, Bill Murray and John Candy staying in the same motel room LOL🤣😀😛🤣😄😅😆😆😛😅
I like both actors Richard needs to get on course to get along with people sad x
Dreyfuss appears to be intoxicated at the 2017 appearance. I liked Jaws though.
I think if they had had a good relationship on set it would have made the movie worse.’it’s hilarious to realize the antagonism between them was real.
Shame they don't get along, I love both those guys!
My favorite all time movie. And my favorite two actors.
Should be part 2
I just watched this on vacation... FROM MY PROBLEMS!!