Bill Murray said he’s ‘very sorry’ to Clint Eastwood after major 1980s ‘regret’
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Bill Murray details biggest career regret over not working with Clint Eastwood
- Bill Murray expressed regret over declining a role in a Clint Eastwood film, believed to be Heartbreak Ridge (1986).
- Murray had contacted Eastwood, hoping for a "great death scene" like those in Eastwood's action films.
- Eastwood offered Murray a role in a large-scale Navy comedy, but Murray declined, fearing being typecast in military comedies after Stripes.
- Murray now regrets the decision and has apologized to Eastwood.
- Eastwood's latest film, Juror No. 2, marks his 40th directorial effort.