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Eddie Murphy Names 'Ghostbusters,' 'Rush Hour' and 'Roger Rabbit' as Roles He Regrets Passing Up

Speaking in an AP interview tied to his Netflix documentary, he said skipping Ghostbusters led to Beverly Hills Cop.

Overview

  • Murphy told the Associated Press his top “wish I would have done” films are Ghostbusters, Rush Hour and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
  • He said choosing not to join Ghostbusters meant taking Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop, a trade-off he described as having “worked out cool.”
  • Explaining his decision on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, he said it “sounded ridiculous” at the time, though he later thought it was “amazing.”
  • The remarks were made while promoting Being Eddie, which debuted on Netflix on Nov. 12.
  • The documentary also includes his account of feeling hurt by Saturday Night Live after it referred to him as a “falling star.”