When we did the final tournament scene, we had a thousand people in the National Bowling Center in Reno. And when you’re shooting over a long day, you’re afraid of losing people. They get bored, they wanna go. And we were trying to keep people interested so we were like raffling off things, and Bill was up there talking to people. But when we got to the final part and Bill had to get three strikes in a row, I figured it could take 10 to 15 rolls. It’s gonna take a while for him to get three strikes. But I explained the situation to the audience: ‘It’s the last frame, he needs a turkey here. And so on the first one, you guys clap big, and then the second one, you clap bigger, and on the third one, you explode because he needs all three.’ Of course, Bill gets up there: first one, strike. Everybody goes nuts. Second one, strike, the place goes crazy. Third one, strike. Three in a row. They were really blown away. Like, Bill just threw three strikes in a row when he had to and they erupted. It was not fake at all.
CommonSchemeForYou on May 14th, 2021 at 12:55 UTC »
Bobby Farrelly
When we did the final tournament scene, we had a thousand people in the National Bowling Center in Reno. And when you’re shooting over a long day, you’re afraid of losing people. They get bored, they wanna go. And we were trying to keep people interested so we were like raffling off things, and Bill was up there talking to people. But when we got to the final part and Bill had to get three strikes in a row, I figured it could take 10 to 15 rolls. It’s gonna take a while for him to get three strikes. But I explained the situation to the audience: ‘It’s the last frame, he needs a turkey here. And so on the first one, you guys clap big, and then the second one, you clap bigger, and on the third one, you explode because he needs all three.’ Of course, Bill gets up there: first one, strike. Everybody goes nuts. Second one, strike, the place goes crazy. Third one, strike. Three in a row. They were really blown away. Like, Bill just threw three strikes in a row when he had to and they erupted. It was not fake at all.
Photograph of Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson in Kingpin, 1996
Woody Harrelson, Vanessa Angel And Randy Quaid in Kingpin, 1996
InspectorRumpole on May 14th, 2021 at 13:00 UTC »
Maybe Murray's best role. He's the perfect asshole in this.
PinstripeMonkey on May 14th, 2021 at 13:12 UTC »
Link for the lazy