Stories of Liu and Bill Murray clashing in the 2000 film Charlie's Angel have long been circulating in Hollywood, and earlier this month Shaun O'Banion tweeted that he was a production assistant on set during filming and that he had seen it, that is, Murray insulted Liu in front of everyone, saying that she was just a TV actor.
On Tuesday's Los Angeles Times show, Ms. Liu explained her views when asked about it. The actress has already made a name for herself in the hit drama Sweetheart when she starred in the big-budget action comedy "Children of Destiny," co-starring with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, along with his angel partner Murray, who plays the liaison between the two women and the boss.
Yuling said: "I think some stories are private,"
But I would say that when we started rehearsing this scene, we were all in the bureau, and we spent the weekend redesigning the scene, bill Murray couldn't come because he had to go to some family gatherings, and we just made the scene smoother. I wish I could have been more involved, but I didn't because I was the last actor and I probably had the least privilege in terms of creative engagement at the time. ”
"When we were shooting the scene, Bill started yelling, I didn't want to give the details, it was like saying, 'Wow, he seems to be looking me straight at me.'" I can't believe these comments would have been directed at me because what did I have to do with anything important at that time?
I did a gesture of looking around my shoulder, for example, who was he talking to behind me? I said, 'I'm sorry. "Are you talking to me?" Obviously he was, because that's when it started to turn into one-on-one communication. ”
It was then that Liu decided to do something.
"Some language is unforgivable and unacceptable, and I'm not going to just sit there and accept it. So, I stand up for myself, and I don't regret it, "because no matter how low your status is, no matter where you come from, you don't have to condescend or belittle others." I will not back down, nor should I. ”
"I remember many years later, maybe even decades later," Liu continued, "some crew members I didn't even know at the time came up to me in other crews and told me they were here at the time, and they really appreciated me for doing that." ”
The star also vividly remembers accompanying her english-speaking immigrant mother to the store as a child. How "condescending" the salesman was to them, how "angry and unable to speak" she was, and Liu didn't want Murray's situation to turn out like this.
"I don't know if I'm back to what happened to my mom in the shop. But I don't want to be someone who doesn't speak for myself and doesn't defend my dignity and self-esteem, because eventually over time, we'll all end up in the same place. No one is immortal. But at that time, no matter what career choices I made or life decisions, I would leave with dignity. ”