"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and ...

In a recent interview, Eddie Murphy shared that legendary actor Sidney Poitier advised him not to take on the role of Alex ...

Murphy admitted he "didn't know" if Poitier's advise "was an insult or a compliment," but was just shocked to be compared to ...

Hollywood star Eddie Murphy revealed that actor-director Sidney Poitier advised him not to star in Malcom X which was ...

Sidney Poitier was an inspiration to multiple generations of actors, and he even told Eddie Murphy there was one role he wasn ...

Hollywood has always loved its pairings, and one that nearly happened was Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington. But, what ...

Eddie Murphy made the revelation during an interview ... “They were talking about doing 'Malcolm X'”, Murphy said.“Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use 'The ...

The film was first directed by Norman Jewison, the director of Poitier's In the Heat of the Night, who cast Denzel Washington in the starring role before Spike Lee took over as director.

Eddie Murphy made the revelation during an interview for the Apple TV+ documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood' (via Entertainment Weekly). "They were talking about ...