Margaret Qualley is trying to set up her mom, Andie MacDowell, with her Groundhog Day costar Bill Murray.
The 30-year-old Honey Don’t! star revealed on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show that she ran into Murray backstage “just now” and offered to connect him with her mom after finding out that they live in the same city.
“Literally tonight. Bill Murray, he pops into my backstage dressing room,” Qualley remarked to host Jimmy Fallon. “Just now. This is breaking news.”
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Andie MacDowell and Bill Murray in ‘Groundhog Day’
The Happy Gilmore 2 actress, who is married to musician and producer Jack Antonoff, explained that she and Murray bonded backstage over the Piggly Wiggly shirt that he was wearing.
“Then cut to I found out he’s living in Charleston. My mom’s living in Charleston,” Qualley said, pausing when someone in the audience ooh’d over the development. “I know! Okay, you know what, I’m gonna give you the tea.”
She then revealed that, during their chat, Murray admitted that he and MacDowell “didn’t get along so good” while they were filming Groundhog Day. Directed by Harold Ramis, the 1993 romcom followed a cynical weatherman (Murray) who gets trapped within a seemingly never-ending time loop until he realizes his love for news producer Rita (MacDowell).
“He was like, ‘You know, she took a long time to get her hair done and she didn’t know her lines this one time,’” Qualley said. “And I was like, ‘Yeah, well, I heard a different story, sir.’”
But his recollection led Qualley to start ruminating on just how far the pair’s fiery connection could take them.
“He’s living in Charleston. She’s living in Charleston. They’ve got this kind of rage towards each other, but maybe he’s trying to make amends,” she said. “And I’m like, she’s single, he’s single, they’re both crazy, let’s get it together!”
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In fact, Qualley revealed that she’s already started to put a plan in place.
“I said come circle back and get my number if he wants me to connect [him] with my mom,” Qualley said. “And if he’s got any sense at all, he’d be the luckiest guy in the world! We’ll see!”
Both MacDowell and Murray have been married in the past. Murray was previously married to wife Margaret Kelly from 1981 to 1996. After their divorce, he tied the knot with Groundhog Day costume designer Jennifer Butler, who he remained with from 1997 until 2008.
MacDowell, on the other hand, was married to Paul J. Qualley — with whom she had three children, including Margaret — from 1986 until 1999. She got married a second time to entrepreneur Rhett Hartzog in 2001, before they ultimately went their separate ways in 2004.
While visiting The Drew Barrymore Show last year, MacDowell confirmed that she was “so single” and embracing life on her own.
“I do think that there is nothing wrong with being single, really,” she said at the time. “I have great female friends and I have some male friends that I like, too.”
Watch Qualley discuss trying to set her mom up with Murray in the clip above.
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