Eddie Murphy has shared advice he received from Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, who once told him to turn down a role in Malcolm X. Speaking in Apple TV+'s documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, Murphy revealed that he was approached to play Alex Haley in a planned adaptation of... read full story
"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don't **** with that!'"