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Bill Murray Says Not Working With Clint Eastwood Is “One of the Few Regrets I Have”

The 'Groundhog Day' actor turned down working with the director on a military movie in the '80s because he was afraid of being typecast.

The Lost in Translation star recently appeared on The Howard Stern Show and reflected on one gig he wishes he had done. “Have you ever watched a film and said I want to act with this guy so bad?,” Stern asked, to which Murray said, “A long time ago, I was watching the Clint Eastwood movies of the day like Thunderbolt and Lightfoot or whatever the hell the movies he was making then, and I thought his sidekick gets killed and he avenges, but the sidekick gets a great part, a great death scene [and] I was like ‘I got to call this guy. Although Murray was hesitant because he was afraid of being typecast, and remembered thinking to himself, “Would I become like Abbott and Costello I had to do military movies?” So, he decided to pass on the offer.

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