Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy opened up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised.

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

Murphy was in talks to portray author Alex Haley in the Norman Jewison-helmed version before Spike Lee took over directing, ...

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

Murphy shared in ’Black Leading Men in Hollywood’ as to why Poitier did not include him beside Washington and Freeman, as per The Hollywood Reporter ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls.

Poitier was comparing Murphy to Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, who were both finding their footing as Hollywood ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy ...

Denzel Washington rarely courts controversy as an actor, but there was one film that proved highly divisive when it was ...

Murphy recalled the confusing career advice from the legendary In the Heat of the Night star. “They were talking about doing Malcolm X [and] Norman Jewison (who directed Fiddler on the Roof ...

The Beverly Hills Cop star recalled an interaction that he had with the legendary In the Heat of the Night actor ... to America star explained. "Norman Jewison was putting it together.

Eddie Murphy, in Apple TV+'s documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet', reveals Oscar-winner Sidney Poitier's surprising ...