Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall forced to put white actor in ‘Coming to America’

nypost.com:

Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall were dying to share the screen with him.When the two of them appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to promote the sequel, “Coming 2 America,” they revealed the real reason.“I love Louie, but I think we were forced to put Louie in it,” Hall, 65, told the host. “We were forced to put in a white person.”Murphy, 59, agreed: “[The studio was] like, ‘There has to be a white person in the movie.’ I was like, ‘What?’ So who was the funniest white guy around?

We knew Louie was cool, so that’s how Louie got in the movie.”In case there are any doubts to the veracity of this tale, Hall referred to proof. “It was official,” Hall continued. “I had a list.