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

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.

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 ...

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 himself ...

Eddie Murphy reveals the role Sidney Poitier advised him not to take and other advice he received from Hollywood elders in ...

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 ...

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

Eddie Murphy revealed that Sidney Poitier advised ... With Spike Lee behind the camera and Washington in the lead role, 'Malcolm X' earned critical acclaim and box office success.