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Louie Anderson, who lost his battle with cancer at 68, played Maurice, the aspiring assistant manager of McDowell’s who enthusiastically worked his way up the ladder by learning the finer points of fast food.“Hey, I started out mopping the floor just like you guys,” Maurice told Prince Akeem and Semmi (played by Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall). “But now . .

Lisa Lisa portrayed her own mother in her recent Lifetime biopic “Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story.”But she almost made an even splashier acting turn as Eddie Murphy’s love interest — who also just so happened to be named Lisa — in the 1988 classic “Coming to America.”“That was crazy,” Lisa Velez, 59, told The Post about almost getting her big-screen close-up three years after breaking out with 1985’s “I Wonder If I Take You Home,” her debut single with Cult Jam.“We were hanging out, Eddie and I, back in the day with Mike Tyson. I remember when he wanted to do a rom-comer, he wanted to test it out [to see if there was any chemistry].”Lisa Lisa apparently passed the test.“Later on I was sent a script, and they offered me that part, which was amazing,” she said of the role of Queens, New York resident Lisa McDowell, who is courted by Murphy’s Prince Akeem from the fictional African country of Zamunda in the beloved romantic comedy.But it was never meant to be for Lisa Lisa to be the future queen of Zamunda.“I was married then, and I showed my then husband [John Yulfo] the script, and he did not want me to do that,” she said.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy is circling a new Pink Panther movie in the works at the Amazon-owned MGM, multiple sources have confirmed to Deadline.

Eddie Murphy said that if the opportunity ever presented itself to reprise his role as Donkey from Shrek, he would 'absolutely do it.'The 61-year-old comedian has recently been recreating some of his most iconic roles. He is bringing back Axle Foley from Beverly Hills Cop and recently returned as Prince Akeem in Coming 2 America. The comedic icon sat down with Etalk earlier this week and said, 'I'd absolutely be open if they ever came with another Shrek; I'd do it in two seconds.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs New York City cinemas scrambled to reopen across the country, Amazon Prime worked to build buzz in the lead up to “Coming 2 America’s” March 5 release.Initially scheduled to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on Aug. 7, 2020, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1988 classic was pushed back to Dec.

costumes for Black Panther’s Wakandan superheroes back in 2017, she ended up taking a brief detour via another fictional African nation after cast members Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira and Daniel Kaluuya asked her to help them out for their Coming to America-themed fancy dress party. The actors had hoped that she and her team might lend them some cast-offs from the Marvel movie’s wardrobe department.

“Coming to America 2” has been special for Eddie Murphy for a lot of reasons.

Eddie Murphy is opening up about how Ryan Coogler pitched him an idea for another Coming 2 America sequel.

Coming to America, starring Michael B. Jordan.The actor, set to reprise his role as Prince Akeem, told the New York Times there was no initial plan to make a sequel before the Black Panther director shared his idea.“Before he directed Black Panther, I meet with him and he says, ‘I want to do a Coming to America sequel,'” Murphy told the publication.“He had an idea for Michael B.

Eddie Murphy is back in one of his most iconic roles. Yes, Prince Akeem (well, now King Akeem) is again going to tickle our funny bones. A sequel to Coming to America had long been spoken about, but it finally happened. Moreover, we now have a Trailer for Coming 2 America which we can pour over. Of course, the film notably got acquired by Amazon Studios and will drop on Amazon Prime Video in March, so we have a bit of a wait (one that excludes it from any Oscar consideration this year). Still, it’s something exciting, and you can see the Trailer at the end of this post…

Eddie Murphy classic has inspired a follow-up in — get this — , which sees the comedian reprise his role as Prince Akeem for another journey to New York city. On Tuesday, Amazon unveiled the sequel's teaser trailer.

Coming to America 2. That's right: A sequel to Eddie Murphy's iconic 1988 Coming to America is coming. Aptly titled Coming 2 America, the film sees Murphy back in one of his most legendary roles, Prince Akeem (now king), and several of his OG cast members will be by his side. “I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out,” Murphy about the sequel.

In the past two years, L.A.-based fashion designer Claude Kameni has seen her 8-year-old West African-textile-inspired line, Lavie by CK, embraced by Hollywood. In 2018, Tracee Ellis Ross wore a custom Kameni dress to host the American Music Awards after the star's stylist Karla Welch discovered the label via Instagram.