Bill Murray. Simply typing or saying the name likely conjures a wide variety of cinematic memories for anyone within the general vicinity of a television or computer over the past several decades, decades practically stacked with Bill classics. With his very first (and hopefully not last) Netflix holiday special, the ingeniously titled A Very Murray Christmas, now just weeks away from arrival, Bill is gracing the cover of Vanity Fair with his usual whimsy. Dude’s a god, so the fact that this quickly becomes a god-level interview (conducted by frequent collaborator Mitch Glazer) isn’t surprising.
On fame and growing aware of the "legend" of Bill Murray:
On the critical success of his collaborations with Sofia Coppola:
On A Very Murray Christmas:
On the holidays, in general:
However, one of the most Bill-esque moments in the interview centers around Glazer's account of how Rick Ross (certainly no stranger to the Bill Murray turn-up) apparently bailed on playing Santa Claus in A Very Murray Christmas. In a budget-strapped panic, Bill and the team decided to enlist Miley Cyrus and some dude named George Clooney to save the day:
Read the entire interview, which is more than worth your time, here.
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