Before we had been presented to comedy movie duos like Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson, Kevin Hart & Dwayne Johnson, and now-estranged Seth Rogen & James Franco, there were the OGs, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall. The two set the criteria for bromance chemistry in their 1988 collaboration debut, Coming to America which was adopted by a sequel 32 years later, Coming 2 America. They additionally did a couple of other films in combination. In 1989, Hall had a minor function in Harlem Nights starring Murphy and stand-up legend Richard Pryor.
The pair was also in A Party for Richard Pryor, a 1991 TV particular documenting the tributary birthday party for the veteran comic. Then in 2013, the two had been individuals in Whoopi Goldberg's documentary about any other comic, Moms Mabley. Hall laid low in the past years whilst Murphy persisted to do big tasks. But their real-life friendship — spanning over 3 a long time — has all the time been strong. So we idea it is time to take a walk down memory lane and talk about the moment the two first met.
How Eddie Murphy And Arsenio Hall First Met
Murphy and Hall had been introduced through their mutual buddy, Keenen Ivory Wayans, who belongs to a family of entertainers. The meeting used to be an eventful stumble upon with Wayans' younger brother Damon getting a job in Murphy's 1984 blockbuster, Beverly Hills Cop. "We’re standing in front of the Improv, Keenen introduces me, I shake Eddie’s hand and we talk for a while, and then coming down the street is Damon Wayans," Hall told New York Times.
The former late-night TV host mentioned he'd by no means met the younger Wayans earlier than. "Keenen introduces us to Damon and he’s doing that character that Eddie let him do eventually in Beverly Hills Cop, the hotel guy," he recalled. "It was so convincing, I didn’t laugh because I didn’t know whether it was real. But that’s how he got the role in Cop 1."
Damon used to be cast as the lodge employee who secretly arms Axel Foley (Murphy) some bananas so he could plug them into the tailpipe of Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart's automobile.
How Their Collaboration In 'Coming To America' Came About
When it got here to the collaboration, it seemed like a no brainer for Murphy and Hall to work together after that night they first started talking. It was like a fated meeting of 2 brilliant minds. In 1989 when Murphy gave the impression on The Arsenio Hall Show, the two couldn't even stop goofing round.
They almost didn't make it to a right kind interview as they stored guffawing about the fact that they had to be extra skilled than they normally are off-camera. It was once after a friendship-defining second in Coming to America.
Murphy had to encourage Hall to play other characters. They famously wore prosthetics achieved by way of Rick Baker so they could painting the movie's famous barbers. In an appearance in The Kelly Clarkson Show, Hall printed that he wasn't on board the speculation at first. He remembered: "Paramount and Giant Landers come in and say 'We need you guys to do characters' and 'I said well I don't do characters. Eddie will do characters."
But Murphy eventually satisfied him to head with it. "Eddie said 'Yo I was watching you do stand-up the other night at the Comedy Store,'" Hall shared. "He says 'Sometimes when you talk you go into people's voices. You know if you say Tracy Morgan you'd eventually go into Tracy Morgan [imitating Morgan's voice].' So he said just come up with voices, some of those voices."
Hall additionally stated that Murphy "talked me into it, kinda gave me confidence." Then he mentioned that the one issue he actually had was that he "didn't wanna do characters next to Eddie Murphy 'cause I knew how good he was at it. But it worked out great."
How Close Are Eddie Murphy And Arsenio Hall In Real Life?
When asked when was the final time they noticed each and every other in March 2021 whilst promoting Coming 2 America on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Hall said it was once in February 2020 right prior to the pandemic. It used to be at the art show of Hall's goddaughter and Murphy's daughter, Bria. So they're really close and have undoubtedly stayed in contact like family these kind of years, even ahead of they made the sequel.
The two even shared anecdotes about their friendship throughout several interviews for Coming 2 America. One funny story used to be after they'd stroll around wearing their prosthetics for Coming to America and Murphy "hit on an old lady once," said Hall. "Eddie ran into John Amos and then he got an old lady's phone number because she thought he was a real old dude."
When asked if he in fact called, Murphy spoke back: "Not only did I call... no nevermind," and laughed. Hall informed Kelly Clarkson that Murphy would possibly have in reality slept with the girl even though he's not actually positive.
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