Bill Murray Improvised A Huge Chunk of His Lines
It is no secret that Murray is a talented comedian and a lot of his great works were actually the result of improvisation. This movie is no different. Some of the lines he came up with on his own include the scene where his character cuts off the flower tops using a grass whip. This is incredibly fascinating when you consider the fact that it went on to become one of the movie’s most famous scenes.
Bill Murray Improvised a Huge Chunk of His Lines
The Scenes With The Gopher Were Shot After Filming Was Over
The producers eventually made the decision to utilize the gopher so that they could tie everything together. However, they ran into a bit of a problem by the official end of filming: there was only a single shot of Bill Murray trying to catch the rodent! That’s why some of the scenes were created during the post-production process. You won’t find Murray and the gopher in the same shot.
