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It’s one of modern cinema’s great unanswered questions: what, exactly, does Bill Murray whisper to Scarlett Johansson as they part ways at the end of Lost in Translation (2003)? Murray was left to ad-lib the line by Sofia Coppola and has never divulged what he said, despite being asked countless times. But his best answer so far was given to a man who spotted him boarding a ferry in Martha’s Vineyard and called out, "Bill, what'd ya say to her?" Just as the ferry’s foghorn blasted out, Murray began moving his lips and gesticulating ‘like I was saying something really sincere’. It got a huge laugh. (Audio enhancement has since indicated that the line is “I have to be leaving, but I won’t let that come between us, OK?”) An enhanced YouTube video from 2009 had subtitles showing the line as, " "When John is ready for his next business trip, go up to that man and tell him the truth, okay?"
PeopleBill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
TitlesLost in Translation
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