See Eddie Murphy tell Prince stories and talk about his SNL return on FallonTonight
Fallon then asked Murphy about the truthiness of some of the “Eddie Murphy folklore stories,” including the one that the actor turned downBeverly Hills CopI was gonna be the Bob Hoskins dude and I was like, ‘Animation and people, that sound like bullshit to me,'” Murphy said. “Now every time I see it, I feel like an idiot.”
Murphy also set the record straight on his early stand-up days alongside Jerry Seinfeld, dinners with Marlon Brando and his massive Elvis Presley memorabilia collection.for the first time in 35 years, he reminisced about his SNL audition and one of the show’s infamous afterparties in 1981 where he hung out with Johnny Cash.
Also during the interview, Murphy talked about his return to stand-up and revealed his iconic Delirious red leather suit has been destroyed:
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