Eddie Murphy reveals the one — and only — job he ever auditioned for

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“Coming to America” star, 63, recently revealed that he’s only had to audition for one role in his almost 50-year career.Murphy opened up about his early days in the industry and first few gigs in the new Apple TV+ documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet.” He suggested his fame and success as an actor were inevitable – especially after he landed a role on “Saturday Night Live” in 1980.“Early on, I just knew I was going to be fa — I started when I’m around 16, I’m going, ‘I’m gonna be famous,'” the “Beverly Hills Cop” actor said in the new two-part documentary.“When I was 19, I got ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and things just started happening,” Murphy added. “I didn’t go through all of the stuff that a lot of actors, I didn’t go through auditions.”He then revealed the one – and apparently only – acting job he has ever had to audition for.“I had one audition in my whole life,” the “Boomerang” star said. “I think I’m the only actor that could say that.

I had one audition. It was for ‘Saturday Night Live.'”After Murphy landed a spot on “SNL” in 1980, subsequent acting roles started pouring in.He starred in the buddy cop action comedy flick “48 Hrs.” with Nick Nolte in 1982, followed by “Trading Places” in 1983 and then “Beverly Hills Cop” in 1984.

Murphy’s latest movie, as the voice of Donkey in “Shrek 5,” is scheduled to release next year.Murphy also discussed the advice he received from Hollywood stalwart Sidney Poitier, heavyweight boxing champ Larry Holmes and singer James Brown.Poitier, who passed away in 2022 at the age of 94, reportedly convinced Murphy not to play “Roots” author Alex Haley in a planned adaptation of the writer’s “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”“Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at.