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Eddie Murphy says Marlon Brando told him he despised “that kid with the gun” Clint Eastwood. The ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor and comic, 63, opened up about his encounter with ‘On the Waterfront’ acting icon Marlon – who died in 2004 aged 80 from respiratory and heart failure after falling into morbid obesity – in a chat with the New York Times podcast ‘The Interview’. He said about Marlon slamming Clint, 94, when he visited him after finishing his first film role in 1982’s ’48 Hrs.’ alongside Nick Nolte: “This is how long ago it was: He was going, ‘I can’t stand that kid with the gun’. “I was li...
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Eddie Murphy has sparked speculation he has got married again after referring to Paige Butcher as his "wife". The 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' actor has been in a relationship with the 44-year-old beauty since 2012 and they got engaged in 2018, but in a new interview he appeared to suggest he and his partner - the mother of his children Izzy, eight, and five-year-old son Max - had quietly tied the knot. Speaking on the New York Times' 'The Interview' podcast, Eddie confessed to being "so out of touch" with what is considered hip now and wouldn't be able to recognise younger talent. The 63-year-...
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Eddie Murphy thinks “God was looking over” him when he refused cocaine offered to him by the late comics John Belushi and Robin Williams. The ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, 63, soared to fame in the 1980s at the height of the pair’s drug addictions and says he is grateful he didn’t give in to the same temptations that killed John and contributed to Robin’s depression battle. Father-of-10 Eddie told ‘The Interview’ podcast: “I remember I was 19, I went to the Blues Bar. It was me, Belushi and Robin Williams. “They start doing coke, and I was like, ‘No, I’m cool’. “I wasn’t taking some moral stance....
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Eddie Murphy thought 'Beverly Hills Cop III' was destined to flop after he read the script. The 63-year-old actor considers the 1994 action-comedy film to be the weakest one in the franchise, and Eddie has now revealed that he actually feared for the movie before it was even released. He told ScreenRant: "This is when you can tell a movie's not going to work: when you have one of those lines that you've seen millions [of times] and hundreds of thousands of movies have said this line. "There was one scene where I had Uncle Dave in the back, and he was dying. I was driving, and I said, 'Don't yo...
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Eddie Murphy needed to see "evolution" for Axel Foley before signing up for 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F'. The 63-year-old star returns as the detective for the first time in three decades in the new movie and explained that it has taken so long to get to the big screen because he wasn't satisfied with the "generic" story proposals of the past. Eddie told Screen Rant: "The reason why the movie didn't come together for years and years and years is because, in all the scripts that I read, there was no evolution. It was just, 'Axel's coming back now, and he's on a new mission.' "It was like, 'Okay,...
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Eddie Murphy thinks 'Beverly Hills Cop' marked a turning point for the movie business. The 63-year-old actor played Axel Foley, a street-smart detective, in the 1984 action comedy film, and Eddie believes the movie was a landmark moment for Hollywood. Speaking to 'Extra', Eddie explained: "Before 'Beverly Hills Cop', there had never been a movie that starred a black man, black person, that was successful all around the world. Even still, to this day, when black folks, we, make movies, most of the time they work in the States and outside of the country they don't work." Eddie suggested that his...
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Eddie Murphy drew on his life experiences to play Axel Foley in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F'. The 63-year-old star reprises his role as the detective for the first time in 30 years in the fourth movie of the action franchise and explained that audiences can expect a more mature side to the character in this picture. Eddie is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Even though it's a sequel, I'm not that 22-year-old anymore and I've had this whole other life and so I can act that. "Axel at 22 and Axel at 63? He's a whole different person with the changes that he's made in life and his rel...
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Eddie Murphy has hailed Kevin Bacon's "great villain" in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F'. The 63-year-old actor returns as detective Axel Foley in the latest movie in the action comedy franchise and thinks that Bacon's antagonist Captain Cade Grant will help the series earn a restoration to former glories after the disappointing 'Beverly Hills Cop III'. Eddie told 'Late Night with Seth Meyers': "He is the perfect villain. One of the things that makes 'Beverly Hills Cop' work is the first two 'Beverly Hills Cops' are really good, and the third one is a little soft. And it's because we didn't have a...
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Eddie Murphy "would rather not do any stunts" at the age of 63. The Hollywood star has reprised the role of Axel Foley, a street-smart police lieutenant from Michigan, for 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' - but Eddie has confessed that he isn't as agile as he once was. The actor - who starred in the original 'Beverly Hills Cop' movie back in 1984 - said on 'Today': "I did 'Beverly Hills Cop' when I was 21, and I’m 63 now. "Now, I would rather not do any stunts. We were shooting something and the director said, ‘I want you to come out of this place and run down those steps.’ After we shot and he’s l...
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Taylour Paige says it was "surreal" to be working with Eddie Murphy in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F'. The 33-year-old actress plays Jane Saunders – the estranged daughter of Murphy's police officer Axel Foley – in the revival of the action comedy franchise and found it incredible to be acting alongside somebody she had grown up watching. Taylour told Empire magazine: "I grew up watching 'The Nutty Professor' and 'Dr. Doolittle'. It was like I knew him – it was surreal." The 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' star revealed that she was desperate to try and make the comedy legend laugh during the making o...
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