Murray blames 'Garfield' on Coen mix-up

Bill Murray has claimed that he agreed to voice Garfield because he thought one of the Coen brothers co-wrote the script.

The actor insisted that he did not take on the project for the money, but because he mistakenly thought Joel Coen was involved in the movie.

"No! I didn't make that for the dough!" he told GQ. "Well, not completely. I thought it would be kind of fun, because doing a voice is challenging, and I'd never done that. Plus, I looked at the script, and it said, 'So-and-so and Joel Coen.' And I thought, 'Christ, well, I love those Coens! They're funny'."

Murray said that it was not until later on during the making of the movie when he discovered that the writer was actually Cheaper By The Dozen and Daddy Day Camp's Joel Cohen.

He explained: "So I sat down and watched the whole thing, and I kept saying, 'Who the hell cut this thing? Who did this? What the f**k was Coen thinking?'. And then they explained it to me - It wasn't written by that Joel Coen."

Murray added that Ghost Whisperer star Jennifer Love Hewitt was the only positive aspect about Garfield.

He commented: "At least they had what's-her-name. The mind reader, pretty girl, really curvy girl, body's one in a million? What's her name? At least they had her in good-looking clothes. Best thing about the movie. But that's all ugly. That's inappropriate. That's why, when they say, 'Any regrets?' at the end of Zombieland, I say, 'Well, maybe Garfield'."