'THIS S--- AIN'T FUN': Eddie Murphy quit acting after Razzies 'win'
Eddie Murphy’s Worst Actor of Decade ‘win’ at the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2010 prompted him to take a break from Hollywood.
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Eddie Murphy’s Worst Actor of Decade ‘win’ at the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2010 prompted him to take a break from Hollywood.
Eddie Murphy Blames Career Break on His Worst Actor Ever Win at Razzie Award Movie In a new podcast interview, the 'Coming 2 America' actor reveals that he originally planned to take a one year break after a string of flops, before it turned into a six-year hiatus. Mar 10, 2021 AceShowbiz - Eddie Murphy's Worst Actor of Decade 'win' at the Golden Raspberry Awards in 2010 prompted him to take a break from Hollywood. The " Coming 2 America" star's feelings were hurt when he was named the worst actor after a string of flops, and he tells Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast the Razzies mention really g...
Eddie Murphy reflects on the terrible movies that made him stop acting March 8, 2021 by: When you've been working in the entertainment industry for decades, chances are pretty good that you've made a few bad movies, and that's definitely true of Eddie Murphy. When the comedian got his start, he found huge success with R-rated comedies such as Trading Places, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, and more, but by the mid-90s, Murphy had jumped onboard the family-friendly bandwagon with The Nutty Professor, Doctor Dolittle, and Shrek. Although those films were just as successful a...
CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Before the 2020 pandemic hit, Eddie Murphy had a strategy to let the world know he was funny again. After years of distancing himself from the movie industry, the comedy legend didnât want the masses to think heâd merely given up after a string of high-profile bombs left his image in a bad place. But the big reason that spurred both his self-imposed exile and ultimate return in films like Dolemite Is My Name and Coming 2 America was the fact that movies like Imagine That led to a string of Razzie nominations that was too long to ignore.
09 March 2021 Share with: Eddie Murphy decided to stop acting for a few years after a run of bad movies earned him the "Worst Actor of the Decade" title. Between 2012 and 2019, the Beverly Hills Cop actor only appeared in one movie - 2016's Mr. Church - and in an interview on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, he revealed the reason behind his extended break was because his "s**tty movies" were earning him Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, which recognise the worst films and performances of the year. "I was making s**tty movies," Murphy admitted. "I was like, 'This s**t ain't fun. They're givi...