Taking advice from the late Sidney Potier, Eddie Murphy was told to avoid starring in a 1992 Spike Lee classic that starred ...

Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy opened up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised.

Eddie Murphy looked back on confusing career advice he received from Sidney Poitier.In the new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the Beverly Hills Cop ...

Hollywood star Eddie Murphy revealed that actor-director Sidney Poitier advised him not to star in Malcom X which was ...

Murphy first crossed paths with Sidney Poitier at an event while he was still contemplating a role in Malcolm X, specifically the character of Alex Haley. As he approached the esteemed actor for ...

"They were talking about doing Malcolm X," Murphy recalled ... it was something kinda new," Murphy said, adding, "They didn't have a reference for me, they couldn't give me advice, 'cause ...