Eddie Murphy Is an Oscar-nominated actor-but for him it does not mean that you just have to make prestige pictures. Firmly established as one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, Murphy – which just premiered “The pickup” At Amazon Prime – has always done exactly the type of movie he wants to do at the moment. Therefore he followed up the 2006’s “Dreamgirls” – which was not just one Oscar Nick For best actors, but five other nominations and two wins – with the generally panned “Norbit” 2007.
“I love”Norbit‘”Said Murphy in complex interview series” 360 with Speedy Morman “(via Winding). “There were articles like” How can he get an Oscar, he did this? “They are two different movies.
In the film, Murphy not only played the title Norbit, he also dressed features to produce the character’s wife, Rasputia. Murphy has rarely given a lot of attention to what critics think, even though he is not afraid to admit when he feels he has made a real stink – not that he has any regret about the films that passed him. In fact, he rejected one of the largest hit comedies of the 90s (or one of the largest Murphy were not already in).
“They came to me, there were two scripts,” Murphy explained. “It was”Rush“It will be action comedy and you will be with Jackie Chan, and it’s action, it’s summer time, run, all this physical stuff. This other (offer) was, ‘you in a mantle in Miami’-it was a no-brainer. We went to Miami and made a home filmBut it was easy. I have to stop saying terribly. The movie was soft, it wasn’t a good picture. “
1998’s “Holy man“Be really one of the few Murphy movies to lose money, except Savage Critical Reviews. Another big project Murphy that was forwarded was “Malcolm X.” Interestingly, it was a historical Oscar winner who told Murphy to sit out that movie.
“They talked about doing ‘Malcolm X’, said Murphy in Apple TV+ documentary” number one on the call sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood. “” Norman Jewison put it together. They would use ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ by Alex Haley, and they contacted me to play Alex Haley. About the same time I encountered Sidney Poitier on something, and I asked him: ‘Yes, I’m going to play Alex Haley!’ And Sidney Poitier said, “You’re not Denzel (Washington), and you’re not Morgan (Freeman). (…) I didn’t know if it was an insult or compliment.
Alex Haley did not stop being a character during 1992’s “Malcolm X”, who instead directed by Spike Lee and with Washington, who received an Oscar nomination for his work.
See Murphy’s full interview “360 with Speedy Morman” below.
