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Once the biggest box office draw in Hollywood, Eddie Murphy’s career over the last 10 years has been iffy at best. For every decent performance, like the ones he gave in “Bowfinger” and “The Nutty Professor,” there are 5 or six really horrible movies, such as “Norbit,” “Pluto Nash,” “The Haunted Mansion,” “Showtime,” and “Beverly Hills Cop 3.” If it weren’t for the “Shrek” movies, he’d have no successful films at all in the last decade. It looks like Eddie’s decided that film is no longer his medium of choice, anyway: the actor dropped some hints in a recent interview that he’s looking to get back into standup comedy instead.
Eddie Murphy has hinted he wants to retire from acting.
The ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor is considering returning to his previous career as a stand-up comedian.
He told US TV show ‘Extra’: “Thirty years and I have close to 50 movies and it is like, ‘Why am I in the movies? I’ve done that part now. I’ll go back to the stage and do stand-up.’ ”
Although Eddie, 47, confirmed ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4′ is in production, he admitted he didn’t want to do it because it “wasn’t ready to be done”.
The actor also confessed he isn’t a fan of ‘Beverly Hills Cop 3′ but was motivated to sign up to the sequel by the huge money on offer.
He said: “The third one was horrible, so I didn’t want to do another one.
“The producers wrote some s**t down on paper and I said, ‘Is this your phone number?’ and they said, ‘This is how much we’re going to pay you.’ I said, ‘Let’s go shoot it! I don’t care if the script isn’t right.’ ”
Meanwhile, ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4′ director Brett Ratner has hit out at reports that the movie will have a PG rating.
He said: “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Believe me, this is going to be a hardcore ‘R’ Beverly Hills Cop. I start shooting next year.”
“‘This is how much we’re going to pay you.’ I said, ‘Let’s go shoot it! I don’t care if the script isn’t right.’” Well, he may be a money grubbing whore, but at least Murphy is honest about his motivation. I’ll bet that is the exact conversation that got Harrison Ford to do this last Indiana Jones movie. But I do have to wonder if Murphy could still cut it as a standup comedian after living the pampered Hollywood life all these years. Jerry Seinfeld tried it, and his new material just wasn’t the same. And something tells me that Eddie’s famous “She got half” routine just wouldn’t be as funny these days, what with a love child he doesn’t acknowledge and a wife of less than a week. And if he was only considering retirement before, perhaps after this latest movie, “Meet Dave,” comes out, he’ll really start looking into it. It looks like yet another steaming pile of turd.
Eddie Murphy is shown filming scenes in Santa Monica on 6/17/08, thanks to WENN.
Written by MSat
Posted in Careers, Eddie Murphy
19 Responses to “Eddie Murphy might retire from making movies”
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And there was a loud Hosannah !!
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I wouldn’t care if he retired from living. I used to think he was funny, until he dissed his baby daughter. Now I think he’s disgusting.
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okay so does he want a gold watch? I dont understand…whats the point of the announcement? Its not like he put in 30 years at a company and its time to get him a cake.
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He’s a deadbeat dad! I have no respect for Eddie “Gay” Murphy!
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is he retiring from movies to take up acting?
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Agree with Syko. But, he was hysterical on SNL; Gumby, James Brown-hot tub, Mr. Rogers….
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Yeah, he was, Daisy, you made me smile to remember it. There was this one spy episode where they were giving him his instructions and the general or whatever he was said “now take that pill” and he popped it into his mouth and swallowed it in a brisk, military movement and the general continued with his speech “and keep it safe, that’s your suicide pill, it will kill you if you’re in an impossible situation” and the look on his face was priceless. He WAS funny.
But then I think about that little girl he’s ignoring, and he seems more like an ulcerated wart on a toad’s butt.
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Bowfinger was hysterical. When he was good, he was really good. Don’t think it’ll be quite so easy to return to stand-up when his best material related to his life at the time he was doing it.
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you forgot dream girls. he was nominated for an oscar for that and left in a huff when he didnt win.
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Syko, laughed out loud remembering that skit, you’re right! Can’t find it though.
Looked up Bowfinger after reading geronimo’s post, hysterical. Steve Martin is priceless.
“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.”
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@ oxa: I LOL’d.
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This is the best new I have heard all day!
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Who cares
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Can we be so lucky?
Great comment Oxa about him retiring to take up acting. Love it!
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*crosses fingers*
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DAMMIT!!!! No Norbit sequel?!
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Can’t stand the man in every way. I remember years ago, long before he was such an obvious s**t, reading an article about how he and his “entourage” showed up at a club and he had one of his “people” go up to some woman to hit on her by proxy–as if she should have been so honored to catch the great Eddie Murphy’s notice, she wouldn’t expect him to lower himself to talk to her!! (apparently the girl had enough self-respect to turn up her nose). After reading this, I though “what an arrogant jerk!” and have disliked him ever since.
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Wait a minute….so you mean to tell me he DIDN’T retire 10 years ago? I thought for sure he was already done.
Maybe he can retire one character at a time…go down from playing 5 characters in one movie down to 3 or something.
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