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Sidney Poitier Told Eddie Murphy to Turn Down One Dramatic Movie Role: ‘You Are Not Denzel, and You Are Not Morgan’

Sidney Poitier (left) and Eddie Murphy.
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Eddie Murphy Was Told Not to Star in ‘Malcolm X’ by Sidney Poitier: ‘You Are Not Denzel. You Are Not Morgan. You’re a Breath of Fresh Air. Don’t F— With That!’

Eddie Murphy revealed during an interview for the Apple TV+ documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood” (via Entertainment Weekly) that Sidney Poitier advised him not to ...
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Sidney Poitier Told Eddie Murphy to Turn Down One Dramatic Movie Role: ‘You Are Not Denzel, and You Are Not Morgan’

"Early on, Sidney said — I don’t know if it was an insult or a compliment, or something," he begins. "It was like… They were talking about doing Malcolm X. Norman Jewison was putting it together, and ...
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Sidney Poitier Told Eddie Murphy to Turn Down One Dramatic Movie Role: ‘You Are Not Denzel, and You Are Not Morgan’

"I don’t know if it was an insult or a compliment," Murphy says in the new Apple TV+ documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet' Eddie Murphy made his mark on Hollywood by being not just funny but by ...