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It's been 30 years since the classic cult marmot day was released in 1993 - and according to the initiates, making the film was far from easy for several reasons. Danny Rubin's script always went through rewritings even after the start of filming, and Bill Murray turned out to be a very difficult presence on the set, according to his mood.

In fact, the film ended up being the last straw for Murray's relationship with director Harold Ramis. "At the end of the first week, Harold and Danny start writing the script again, and we all start to get new pages after having already started to shoot," actor Stephen Tobolowsky told actor in The telegraph . "None of us know that this kind of thing happens." Here is what the initiates say about the make movies .

This feet soaking scene

Murray was apparently bored by the scene where he had to soak his foot in icy water several times. "The foot should be amputated, it was so cold," said Stephen Tobolowsky, who played the insurance seller Ned Ryerson. "Bill was not happy to shoot that, so he had his foot to his knee wrapped in an envelope of Saran. Then he had a neoprene sleeve on his foot, his ankle and his calf. Then he had he had All wrapped, then he had his pants. " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Murray's music would correspond to his moods

According to Ramis, the moods of Murray set the tone for the day. "When he was standing, his arrival on the set would be announced by" feel "feel" music to match his mood, "said Ramis." At other times, it's like working with Vincent Van Gogh during of a bad day. "Ramis and Murray were distant after doing marmot day , reconciling only briefly before the death of Ramis in 2014.

Murray had anger attacks on the set

The daughter of Ramis, Violet, Ramis Stiel, said that her father had "a broken, confused heart and yet without surprise by rejection". Ramis was previously talked about Murray's behavior on the set and his difficulty. "Sometimes Bill was just really mean and unavailable; he was constantly late on the set," said Ramis The New Yorker . "What I would like to tell him is what we say to our children:" You don't have to make crises to get what you want. Just say what you want. ""

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Murray tries to learn sign language

Frustrated to never be able to contact Murray if necessary, the director suggested that the actor hires a personal assistant. "He therefore hired a personal assistant who was deeply deaf, had no oral speech, only spoke of the American sign language, which Bill did not speak, nor anyone else in production," said Ramis Weekly entertainment .

"But Bill said," Don't worry, I'm going to learn sign language. "And I think it was so annoying that in a few weeks he abandoned this."

To defend Bill Murray

Tobolowsky admits that working with Murray was not always easy but was always worth it. "Bill can sometimes be difficult during a shoot, but I must say from my point of view [it is] one of the best actors with whom I have ever worked," he said. "Every scene he was in the moment, every scene it was as if he was listening to, he answered."