Margaret Qualley revealed the A-list actor she is trying to set up with her mother Andie MacDowell.
While making an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, the 30-year-old actress revealed she has been playing matchmaker since her mother is single.
On the late night talk show, she made a confession to Fallon while they were playing a game of true or false.
‘I once tried to set up Bill Murray with my mom,’ she said on the show, to which Fallon guessed was false as he noted that they previously played love interests in a movie together.
MacDowell, 67, and Murray, 74, once starred opposite each other in the 1993 fantasy romantic comedy Groundhog Day.
Then, the Honey Don’t star revealed she was telling the truth and that she had just tried to set up her mom with Murray ‘just now’ in her backstage dressing room.
While chatting backstage, she said that she learned that Murray has been living in Charleston — the South Carolina city that her mother recently moved to after becoming an empty nester.
Margaret Qualley revealed the A-list actor she is trying to set up with her mother Andie MacDowell; pictured February 2024 in New York City
While making an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, the 30-year-old actress revealed she has been playing matchmaker since her mother is single
‘He’s wearing a Piggly Wiggly shirt. And I grew up in North Carolina, and Piggly Wiggly is a southern thing. I think, right? And, I mean, there was one where I grew up, so I was like, “Oh yeah, Piggly Wiggly.”
‘Then, cut to I find out he’s living in Charleston. My mom’s living in Charleston,’ she continued.
During their conversation, she recalled Murray explaining that he and MacDowell had a hard time working together on set.
‘He was like, “You know, your mom and I, we didn’t get along so good while we were making that movie.” And 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 then shared her quick-witted comeback: ‘And I was like, “Yeah, well, I heard a different story, sir.”‘
She then explained how she got the idea to help them reconnect and potentially set them up.
‘And then, you know, come to find out, I’m putting two and two together, 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.’
On the late night talk show, the Honey Don’t star confessed to Fallon that she had just tried to set up her mom with Murray ‘just now’ in her backstage dressing room; pictured May in Cannes
MacDowell, 67, and Murray, 74, once starred opposite each other in the 1993 fantasy romantic comedy Groundhog Day; pictured in 1993 Groundhog Day movie still
While they were playing a game of true or false, she shared the ‘breaking news’ with Fallon and recalled her interaction with her mom’s former co-star backstage
She then explained how she got the idea to help them reconnect and potentially set them up
She said her mom moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and she learned from her conversation with Murray that he also lived in the same city; pictured March 2022 in Beverly Hills
The nepo baby said she was now waiting for him to reach out.
‘So now I said to come circle back and get my number if he wants to connect with my mom. If he’s got any sense at all, he’d be the luckiest guy in the world.’
MacDowell and Murray did not ‘get along so good’ on the set of their 1993 romantic comedy Groundhog Day, in which Murray portrayed a weatherman who experiences the day on a loop.
In the movie, MacDowell played his producer, and the pair end up falling in love as the movie and the day on a loop went on.
MacDowell was previously married to her second husband Rhett Hartzog from 2001 to 2004.
She was married to her first husband, the father of her three children, Paul Qualley from 1986 to 1999.
She and the former model and rancher share son Justin Qualley, 39, and daughter Rainey Qualley, 36, in addition to their youngest child Margaret Qualley.
During their conversation, she recalled Murray explaining that he and MacDowell had a hard time working together on set; pictured in 1993 Groundhog Day movie still
‘And I’m like, she’s single, he’s single. They’re both crazy. Let’s get it together.’ The nepo baby said she was now waiting for him to reach out to help the co-stars reconnect; pictured in 1993 Groundhog Day movie still
MacDowell and Murray did not ‘get along so good’ on the set of their 1993 romantic comedy Groundhog Day, in which Murray portrayed a weatherman who experiences the day on a loop; pictured in 1993 Groundhog Day movie still
In the movie, MacDowell played his producer, and the pair end up falling in love as the movie and the day on a loop went on; pictured in 1993 Groundhog Day movie still
Meanwhile, Bill was married to Margaret Kelly from 1981 to 1996 and then to his second wife, the late costume designer Jennifer Butler, from 1997 to 2008.
The two-time Golden Globe winner is a father of six sons, two from his first marriage and four from his second marriage.
He welcomed his two oldest sons, Homer, 43, and Luke, 40, with Margaret Kelly.
He welcomed sons Caleb, 32, Jackson, 29, Cooper, 28, and Lincoln, 20, with Jennifer Butler.
