"I didn't know if it was an insult or a compliment," Murphy said of Poitier's comment. "I was like, 'What?'"Eddie Murphy is ...

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Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy ...

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the 63-year-old recalled getting advice from Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier early on. At the time, Murphy was known for taking on humorous roles but was approached about portraying author ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s. He had already been a lead actor in films such as “No Way Out ...

Sidney Poitier (left) and Eddie Murphy.

And they approached me about playing Alex Haley." Murphy continues: "And some-kind-of-where around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something. And I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m ...