Speaking on the March 6, 2025 episode of First We Feast\u2019s\u00a0Hot Ones<\/a>, Murray, 75, shared that he learned the animal was wild after it bit him twice on the finger.<\/p>\n Noting that he still had a “nodule” on his finger from the animal.<\/p>\n “He got me back to back, two days in a row,” Murray told host Sean Evans<\/a> of the groundhog, who in the movie played the part of the prophetic Punxsutawney Phil.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n He continued: “And the second day … I thought I was being smart, and I put some fisherman’s gloves \u2014 like steel gloves on \u2014 underneath the gloves I was wearing. His teeth went right through the steel. Yeah, their teeth are about that long.\u201d<\/p>\n “I got upset with the animal wrangler. I said, ‘Who the hell trained this gopher?’…with real rage, you know, ‘I am not leaving my trailer,’ ” he explained. “And the two of them \u2014 they were like a guy and gal couple … [they said] ‘Well, he’s really rather wild.’ “<\/p>\n Pictorial Press Ltd\/Alamy; Michael Loccisano\/WireImage<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Wild? What do you mean he\u2019s wild?\u2019\u201d the actor recalled responding. \u201c\u2018We caught him just over that way, over by that field, we caught him there like two weeks ago.\u2019”<\/p>\n He concluded, \u201cSo, you know, you get what you paid for.\u201d<\/p>\n In the film, directed by Harold Ramis, Murray plays a jaded weatherman who becomes caught in a time loop, and must relive one day over and over.<\/p>\n The film also co-starred Andie MacDowell<\/a>, who said in a 2023 interview, “For me, Groundhog Day was a perfect movie.”<\/p>\n![\"Bill](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8115223d71e8e7bef3b27b320fc253ef.jpeg\"\/)
Bill Murray in Groundhog Day (left) and now <\/p>\n