The TV show Eddie Murphy refused to star in: “I ain’t popping in shit”
In hindsight, this seems pretty mean of Murphy.
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The Eddie Murphy movie Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “Fuelled by delusion”
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer film.
The one movie genre Eddie Murphy wants nothing to do with: “Man, fuck that”
He’d be one of the last holdouts.
The only audition of Eddie Murphy’s career: “What actor can make that assertion?”
It wasn’t even for a movie.
Eddie Murphy names the greatest comedy actor of all time: “Without even trying”
And it wasn’t his idol Richard Pryor, either.
When Colonel Tom Parker crossed the line with Eddie Murphy: “Too old to be taught the limits of racism”
Elvis’s notorious manager made Murphy want to choke him.
The movie Eddie Murphy regrets making the most: “That breaks me all the way down”
Even Murphy’s young son thought this one was lame.
The movie that almost derailed Eddie Murphy’s career: “I got fucked up”
The summit of a slippery slope.
Eddie Murphy on the influence of Elvis: “He had the strongest presence of anyone ever”
Murphy’s devotion to this superstar never waned, even when he caught flak for it.