Eddie Murphy has a famous career, but at one point, he got surprised advice from Sydney Poitier about his career.
In the documentary Number one on call sheet: Black leading man in Hollywood, Rider Star recalled, “They were talking about joining the Malcolm X. Norman (Intilly He was ready to direct the project, but later Spike Lee did it together). He was kept together. They were using Alex Haley’s autobiography by Alex Haley. And he contacted me about playing the role of Alex Haley.”
Still considering the proposal, the AD said that he had collided in the Sydney, who in turn advised him to confuse him.
“Around the same time, I collided with Sydney Pitier on something, and I asked him,” Yes, I am thinking about playing the role of Alex Haley! ” “He said.
“And Sydney Poitier said,” You are not Denjel, and you are not Morgan. You are a breath of fresh air, and not ***** with it! ” “63 -year -old said.
“I didn’t know if it was an insult or praise,” Eddie surprised, “I loved, ‘what?” ,
But Shrine Star dives a deep dive in Sydney’s comments Daivika Star believed that he was different from Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman.
“I was in unwanted water. For Sydney and all those people, when I showed something new. They didn’t have a reference to me, they could not advise me, ‘because I was 20, 21 years old, and my audience was the mainstream – everywhere, everywhere,” The Nutri Professor Added.
Eddie concluded, “My films (were) worldwide, and they were never with a young black person. So no one could advise me, in fact. Everything was really big and really sharp broke.”
