Everyone knows what happens in the time-bending movie, but nobody actually knows why. Until now. An original draft of the script expalins how Phil's ex-girlfriend is behind his predicament and shows exactly how she did it. Director Harold Ramis later decided to leave it as a mystery but now we know that Phil's broken watch is the key and that originally he was going to be stuck repeating the day for a shocking 10,000 years. A Hollywood actor has just revealed all the details and finally explained the 24-year-old mystery.

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Eddie Deezen saw an original version of the script which shows how Phil's furious ex-girlfriend Stephanie cast a magic spell. Deezen said: "The second draft of Groundhog Day is pretty close to what we all see in the film. There is a bit more of Phil in the studio at the beginning, but nothing major. But also in the second draft, Stephanie, Phil's ex-girlfriend, puts a curse on him. "Literally, she opens a book of magic spells and does a little ritual that causes him to get stuck in time."

Deezer added: "Later, as Phil is going to bed in Punxsutawney, we see Stephanie in her room, using Phil's business cards and broken watch (conveniently set at 5:59) to perform a magic spell from a book titled 101 Curses, Spells, and Enchantments You Can Do At Home. "This sets the theme of Groundhog Day in motion. There is no "higher purpose" given, just an angry, embittered ex-girlfriend with a little book." The script also made clear the terrible length of his punishment and the way that Andie MacDowell's Rita was the lip-locking key to breaking the spell. WATCH ANDIE MACDOWELL'S SEXIEST SCENES OF ALL TIME HERE

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