Soles: I think possibly possible, but it’s more likely that they saw me in Carrie or Halloween or Rock 'n' Roll High School. Yahoo Entertainment: You had just done Private Benjamin the year before - was that one of the reasons why Ivan Reitman came to you for the Stripes role? We girls have to look good in the morning.' He persisted, but it was funny." "I said, 'No, Bill, I’m tired! I want to look good onscreen. "He would call me up every night and say, 'My car is waiting outside to bring you to my house - c'mon, one night'" she says, laughing. Soles reveals that during the making of Stripes, Murray would frequently ring her up for late-night booty calls, even though she was married to Dennis Quaid at the time. I've never seen that look on his face in any movie, so I'm very proud that I brought it out of him."Īnd their chemistry was felt off-camera as well. The whole scene was just, 'All right Bill, you’ve got something on your mind and I'm just going to follow you.' And luckily it went to a good place! There was something real in his eyes, and when I say 'Yes,' the way he looks at me is so sweet. "It was like doing a dance where the steps aren't laid out for you and you're just dancing together. "I'm an organic actress - I like seizing the moment, so that scene is an aspect of how I like to perform," Soles says. I said, 'What are you going to do with that?'" "So we went inside, and Bill opened the refrigerator in the kitchen and took out a carrot. "We were supposed to be sitting on a hillside, looking at the stars, but it was pouring," she says. "I finally got him to calm down and to portray a little bit of his inner self, which he seems to like to hide with all his comedy antics." (Watch our video interview above.)Īccording to Soles, that entire encounter was improvised after a rainstorm scuttled a planned outdoor sequence where Stella and John would have their first kiss. "Bill and I had a real chemistry there," Soles remembers. Midway through the Ivan Reitman-directed movie - which featured a murderer's row of hilarious actors, including Harold Ramis, John Candy, John Larroquette and Judge Reinhold - there's a pivotal scene where Murray's wiseacre army recruit, John Winger, and Soles’s no-nonsense MP, Stella Hansen, have a sweetly romantic moment in a ranking officer's kitchen.Īnd the star of such seminal movies as Carrie and Halloween tells Yahoo Entertainment that their mutual affection was palpable on set as well. Soles believes she caught a glimpse of him during the making of the comedy classic Stripes, which premiered in theaters forty years ago on June 26, 1981. ( There’s an entire website - and an entire documentary - devoted to chronicling those kinds of Bill Murray stories.)īut who is the real Bill Murray? Actress P.J. When he’s not inventing hilarious personalities for much-loved movies like Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and What About Bob?, the comedy legend is famous for making hilarious cameos in peoples' real lives, whether it's running a cash register in Martha's Vineyard or sampling goodies at the airport. Bill Murray is a character both onscreen and off.
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