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Saying Groundhog Day was a hard movie to make is like saying Bill Murray<\/a> can sometimes be a little challenging on set: it\u2019s a colossal understatement. Despite the movie being a beloved comedy classic, one of Murray\u2019s most popular films, and a genuine triumph for director Harold Ramis, the process of making the film was so torturous that it ended Murray and Ramis\u2019 friendship for good.<\/p>\n In truth, looking into the behind-the-scenes conflict that defined Groundhog Day is enough to make any fan of 1980s comedy depressed. Murray and Ramis worked together on defining comedy classics like Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, and, most famously, the Ghostbusters movies. However, throughout those productions, Murray\u2019s obstinate behaviour reared its head<\/a> again and again, and by the time it came to Groundhog Day, Ramis must have reached the end of his tether.<\/p>\n After battling the frigid weather conditions in Woodstock, Illinois, plus dealing with Murray throwing tantrums, constantly being late to set, and disagreeing with him over every little thing, Ramis reportedly grabbed Murray by the collar and threw him against a wall. When the shoot wrapped, they went their separate ways and didn\u2019t speak again until Ramis was on his deathbed in 2014.<\/p>\n All of this is to say, Murray was infuriatingly difficult for everyone to deal with on the Groundhog Day set, not just Ramis. He clashed with co-star Michael Shannon, for example, and was forced to apologise to the young star in front of everyone. However, there was one actor who drove him \u201cabsolutely nuts\u201d on that movie, and it wasn\u2019t Shannon; it was his female lead, Andie MacDowell.<\/p>\n \u201cAndie MacDowell drove me absolutely crazy on that movie,\u201d Murray told Collider in 2021. \u201cShe drove me absolutely nuts. We were always waiting for Andie MacDowell\u2019s hair.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, this comment may seem like a fun throwaway gag by Murray, who lulled his interviewer in with the promise of a feud, but threw a curveball by lightly complaining about MacDowell\u2019s famously voluminous curly hair, which took forever for the hairstylist to get right before cameras rolled. However, given the knowledge that the atmosphere on the Groundhog Day set was so thick with tension<\/a> that it could be cut with a knife, and given what we now know of Murray\u2019s disposition, the subtext of his words begins to take on more of an undercurrent.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact is, Andie MacDowell has the greatest hair you have ever seen in your life,\u201d Murray continued. \u201cWhen she finally would arrive, you had to just give up because that hair was really great, but she did drive me crazy. I\u2019ve thought about it many times, that I owe her a real apology because she did drive me crazy.\u201d <\/p>\n While MacDowell has never indicated that she had a hard time with Murray on the film, the fact that he mentioned feeling the need to apologise to her perhaps hints at some strife she hasn\u2019t aired publicly. Indeed, he went on to hint that he may have reacted poorly to what he perceived as her dislike of him, saying, \u201cI\u2019m not really method, but I must have really resented the fact that she still hadn\u2019t fallen in love with me. We were 17 weeks into the movie, and she still didn\u2019t like me. That\u2019s probably what I was holding onto.\u201d<\/p>\n In truth, the longer Murray spoke about MacDowell, the more it became apparent that this was more than just affectionate ribbing about how long she had to spend in hair and makeup. It sounded a lot more like she was another target for his ire while shooting the film, and in later years, he\u2019s maybe realised he could have behaved better.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cThat was a hard movie to make,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt was just as hard for her, and she had that hair to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ Alamy) Sat 14 June 2025 17:40, UK Saying Groundhog Day was a hard movie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[20042,4080,77,75818,75819,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-185088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bill-murray","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-groundhog-day","12":"tag-harold-ramis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114684655287051583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}