Emma Stone’s charms are not lost on Bill Murray. Ever since the two co-starred in 2009’s Zombieland, Murray has extolled the actress’s virtues in the rare interviews that he’s given. “I love that Emma [Stone]. . .Just a doll,” he told Esquire. “I really like that girl, Emma,” he said during press for the film back in 2009. “She’s really, really got it. . . She’s really funny.” He also revealed that while filming his Zombieland cameo, Stone cracked him up so often that he broke character in almost 15 takes. (The actress so impressed Murray that The Ghostbusters star even suggested her for the female reboot.) So when the two reunited to film Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, and Stone fell ill, Murray took it upon himself to make his protégé feel better.
Stone revealed that Murray noticed she was having a health issue and became concerned. “I think Bill Murray was a little bit worried about me during Aloha because I had a really bad acne problem that they [edited] out of the movie [in post-production] because I was having some sleep issues. But seriously, on like a daily basis, he would bring me nice little presents.”
Given that this is Bill Murray we are speaking about, the presents were not skin creams and flowers. Instead, Stone said of the tokens: “He would go to a concert and bring me a key chain, or he would go to a store and bring me Maui Onion potato chips. . .a visor, some slippers. It was pretty sweet.”
When they weren’t shooting or exchanging get-well gifts, the two also took time to support the Hawaii Air Force Base where they filmed. Take a look at a video of them last Christmas season when they appeared in Santa hats to greet the base and wish it a happy holiday season.
The product of their latest collaboration, Aloha, opens in theaters on Friday.
