Eddie Murphy regrets turning down ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Rush Hour’ and ‘Roger Rabbit’

Eddie Murphy says he regrets his movie profession.

In a latest interview with The Associated pressthe 64-year-old ‘Coming to America’ star shared which movies he had turned down over the course of his profession and which he wished he had agreed to.

‘Sure, there are just a few movies. “Ghostbusters,” I’d do “Ghostbusters.” I did not try this. And ‘Rush hour.’ I did not try this. Oh, and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’ “These are my three huge movies that I’d have preferred to make.”

When requested why these explicit movies stood out to him, Murphy mentioned, “They had been big hits.”

Murphy admitted he regrets turning down “Ghostbusters,” “Rush Hour” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” (Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)

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The primary Ghostbusters movie was launched in 1984, earned greater than $243 million domestically on the field workplace and produced a sequel in 1989. “Rush Hour” had two sequels, whereas “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” grossed greater than $156 million domestically.

“Effectively, with ‘Ghostbusters’ I did ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ as an alternative. So it was like, do that or that, so it labored out cool. And ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ simply sounded ridiculous to me, and I handed on it. After which I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is fucking superior.'”

Though he regrets not taking part in these movies, his profession didn’t endure. He performed many memorable characters in movies similar to ‘The Nutty Professor’ and ‘Dr. Dolittle’. He later obtained an Academy Award nomination for his work within the 2006 movie “Dreamgirls.”

Murphy appears again on his legendary profession as a comic, ranging from his early days as a teen comedian, within the new Netflix documentary “Being Eddie.”

Murphy starred in ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ as an alternative of ‘Ghostbusters’. (Chad Salvador/Selection by way of Getty Pictures)

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Throughout an interview with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month, Murphy mentioned that “it wasn’t initially going to be this kind of documentary,” however that it was meant to cowl his return to stand-up comedy.

“Then COVID hit and all the pieces shut down,” he defined. “Afterwards I used to be like, ‘I am undecided I wish to do stand-up,’ as a result of I used to be paranoid about COVID. We have been engaged on this factor for 5, six years, and now it simply occurs to be my fiftieth yr in present enterprise, which is a milestone for anybody in any enterprise.”

One in every of Murphy’s hottest roles was as Donkey within the ‘Shrek’ franchise. The fifth movie within the franchise is scheduled for launch in 2027, 17 years because the fourth movie.

The brand new movie sees the return of Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers as Fiona and Shrek and provides Zendaya as one of many couple’s triplets.

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Murphy, Diaz and Myers reprise their roles as Donkey, Fiona and Shrek within the upcoming movie ‘Shrek 5’. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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“You’ve got a headache after a ‘Shrek’ session. The donkey sings rather a lot. You are on 10 and also you do it time and again. The nice factor, although, is that it is appreciated. Everybody loves the film,” Murphy mentioned.

“There’s nothing worse than working actually arduous on one thing and placing on make-up and sweats and all that stuff…, and then you definitely take it off, and so they say, ‘Two thumbs down.’ You say, ‘I spent 50 hours within the make-up chair.’