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The production of American comedian Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut feature film Being Mortal has been suspended after a complaint about actor Bill Murray’s ‘inappropriate behaviour’ surfaced.
According to news portal, the studio decided to pull the brakes on production after a complaint was filed last week to investigate the matter. A source close to the production said that director Ansari and producing partner Youree Henley are working with Searchlight to figure out the next steps. When the publication confirmed the complaints about ‘inappropriate behaviour’ and asked Searchlight for comments, it said it doesn’t “comment on investigations.”
Based on Atul Gawande’s 2014 non-fiction novel Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, the film adaptation stars Murray, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer. The Parks and Recreation actor is not just the director — he also wrote the script and will play a role in the movie. The details of the film adaptation are still unknown but according to sources, Gawande’s book explores the concepts of death and aging, and how the medical profession tends to mishandle both. Searchlight has previously described the project as being at the intersection of ‘insightful humuor and pathos’.
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Being Mortal is not Ansari’s first creative project, he also co-created and acted in Netflix series Master of None. The actor received Emmy nominations in 2016 and 2017 for his performance on the show, becoming the first South Asian to to get an Emmy nomination for a lead role.