Eddie Murphy was told by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X," he reveals in Apple TV+'s “Number One on the Call Sheet." ...

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"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls. By Carly Thomas Associate ...

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And Sidney Poitier said [talks with Poitier's accent], ‘You are not Denzel, and you are not Morgan. You are a breath of fresh air. And don’t fuck with that.’ ...

Around that same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something, and I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking about playing Alex Haley!’ And Sidney Poitier said, ‘You are not Denzel [Washington ...

Sidney Poitier (left) and Eddie Murphy.

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing ...

Eddie Murphy is opening up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised. “They were talking about doing Malcolm X,” Murphy recalled. “Norman Jewison was putting it ...