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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It was like… They were talking about doing Malcolm X. Norman Jewison was putting ... Related: Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union Discuss Being Black and On Top: 'We Put Asses ...

Eddie Murphy has never struggled to find work ... in a planned adaptation of the writer’s “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” “Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at ...

"I didn't know if it was an insult or a compliment," Murphy said of Poitier's comment. "I was like, 'What?'" The ‘5 things’ emails are going by the wayside as Musk readies his exit The Real ...