Eddie Murphy is reflecting on puzzling career advice ... "They were talking about doing Malcolm X," the Coming to America star explained. "Norman Jewison was putting it together.

Eddie Murphy revealed during an interview for the ... “They were talking about doing ‘Malcolm X,'” Murphy said. “Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use ‘The Autobiog ...

Despite Eddie Murphy eventually being Oscar-nominated ... advised him against starring in Lee's biographical drama, Malcolm X, which would go on to be led by Washington. The movie was originally ...

Poitier was so against it he talked Murphy out of the role. “They were talking about doing ‘Malcolm X,’” Murphy said. “Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use ‘T ...

Murphy recalls. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor “They were talking about doing Malcolm X,” Murphy recalled. “Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use The Autobiography of ...

“They were talking about doing ‘Malcolm X,’” Murphy said. “Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were going to use ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ by Alex Haley, and they ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing ...

Eddie Murphy was warned by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X." During an interview for Apple TV+'s "Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood," Murphy revealed he bumped ...

“They were gonna use The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Hayley and they approached me about playing Alex Haley.” Murphy continued: “Around the same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at ...