How Richard Pryor setting himself on fire gave Eddie Murphy a movie career: “I’ve got this client”
The domino effect.
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor, Pam Grier and a miniature horse: Just one of the wildest nights of his life
It sounds like fiction.
The most devastating moment of Eddie Murphy’s career: “It’s weird to find out your idol hates you”
They say never meet your heroes, right?
The iconic role Richard Pryor couldn’t get insured to play: “Under no circumstances”
Did the studio say no because of Pryor’s drug problems…or was there more to it?
Jack Black names the best comedy films he’s ever seen: “My favourite movie as a kid”
A barrel of formative laughs.
The “horrible dilemma” at the heart of Richard Pryor’s acting career
“If he didn’t use drugs he wasn’t funny, and if he did use drugs, he would die.”