7 Recently Confirmed Truths You Didn’t Know About Famous Movies
2. Phil Connors Was Cursed - Groundhog Day
Phil Connors misadventures in Groundhog Day's timeloop range from hilarious to tragic, and the movie is rightly hailed as a cult classic - but the how and why behind it was never revealed at the time.
The explanation for Phil's predicament came years later when ’80s character actor Eddie Deezen wrote a blog post on the subject. He claims to have seen an early draft of the script which explains the whole thing.
Apparently, the self-absorbed weatherman was cursed. In a scene that was written but never filmed, his ex-girlfriend literally cracks open a spellbook and lays one on him.
In classic fairy tale style, Andie MacDowell's Rita breaks the spell with true love's kiss. Yeah, it's easy to see why director Harold Ramis left the whole thing a mystery.
Some things are better left unknown.