Murphy admitted he "didn't know" if Poitier's advise "was an insult or a compliment," but was just shocked to be compared to ...

Hollywood star Eddie Murphy revealed that actor-director Sidney Poitier advised him not to star in Malcom X which was ...

Hollywood has always loved its pairings, and one that nearly happened was Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington. But, what ...

Sidney Poitier was an inspiration to multiple generations of actors, and he even told Eddie Murphy there was one role he wasn ...

The film was first directed by Norman Jewison, the director of Poitier's In the Heat of the Night, who cast Denzel Washington in the starring role before Spike Lee took over as director.

"Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy opened up about some advice ... "They were talking about doing Malcolm X," Murphy recalled. "Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use The ...

Eddie Murphy looked back on confusing career advice he received from Sidney Poitier.In the new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the Beverly Hills Cop ...