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More than 30 years after Prince Akeem Joffer and his sidekick Semmi first travelled to the United States to find a royal bride, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall reprise their roles in comedy sequel "Coming 2 America".
Eddie Murphy's 19-year-old Bella revealed on The Ellen Degeneres Show that her dad once surprised them with a visit from Leonardo DiCaprio and she, “lingered around him all night like a weirdo and stared at him.”
ADVERTISEMENT The film includes cast favorites from the original release, including James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer, Shari Headley as Queen Lisa, John Amos as Cleo McDowell, and Louie Anderson as Maurice. Joining the star-studded ensemble are Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Jermaine Fowler, Bella Murphy, Rotimi, KiKi Layne, Nomzamo Mbatha, and Teyana Taylor. Released in the summer of 1988, Coming to America was a massive success – debuting at No.1 in the US, and becoming the third-highest-grossing film of the year. Its original soundtrack featured music from The Cover Girl...
to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday. Murphy is dad to 10 children: Eric, 31, Bria, 31, Christian, 30, Miles, 28, Shayne, 26, Zola, 21, Bella, Angel Iris, 13, Max Charles, 2, and Izzy, 4. The actor recently posed with Bella for the cover of Coming 2 America, which comes 33 years after the 1988 original comedy. "The legacy of Coming to America is that it is unique, it's rare. Black people, we don't get a lot of movies like this one," he explained. " Coming to America is a romantic fantasy comedy. Usually, when we see ourselves...
Eddie Murphy Cast Louie Anderson in 'Coming to America' to Meet Studio's Demand of 'White Guy' Movie During an appearance on 'Today', the comedian known for his portrayal of Prince Akeem reveals that film chiefs were uneasy at releasing his classic comedy as he had originally envisioned. Mar 1, 2021 Louie Anderson to star in his "Coming to America" classic because studio bosses refused to make the movie without "somebody white" in the cast. Anderson portrayed fast food employee Maurice in the 1998 hit, and Murphy confesses the casting decision was only made to satisfy film chiefs, who we...