Eddie Murphy insists he’s never faced racism in 40-year career and claims ‘being black in Hollywood has been no issue’
EDDIE Murphy reveals he has he’s never experienced racism thought his 40-year career.
The Nutty Professor star, who is the recipient of several major awards, insists “being black in Hollywood has been no issue.”
The 59-year-old says we live an era of correctness where people are very sensitive as far as comedy is concerned.
He also reiterated he that he has never suffered from any racial discrimination in his career.
The Beverly Hills Cop star told Radio Times: “In terms of my work and my career, race has never been an issue. I’ve been making movies for 40 years and never once could I not get a movie made because I was black.
“I transcended that stuff. But that’s not to say I walked out of heaven and into Hollywood.”
He added: “I’m a black man who was born in America; I’m African-American. Growing up in this country, there’s no way you’re not going to have to face some s**t.”
The actor’s latest project has seen him revive the comedy classic Coming 2 America, which is set to air on Amazon Prime later this week.
Eddie also teased another film in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, claiming the script is currently being written.
“Right now, they are writing a script. They are getting a script together”, he shared.
“We don’t have a start date, but we have directors and we have producers – and we have writers working on it. Axel Foley is ready to go. All we need is a script.”
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Depending on the script, Murphy added that it will determine when they start filming.
“As soon as the script comes together, I’m doing the movie – but I’m not doing it until the script is right. Right now, there’s a piece of a script but that’s it. But we’ve been trying to do Beverly Hills Cop 4 for over 10 years and this is the closest we’ve got to it,” he continued.
“We have directors who are smart and ready to go – and we have great ideas. It also looks like we’ve got the original producer who produced the original Beverly Hills Cop – Jerry Bruckheimer – involved again too.
“He’s actually the person who brought these two directors to the movie. I feel like we’re on the right track now. We’re nearly there.”