“It’s not that bad!” Eddie Murphy defends Norbit

The wacky comedy possibly made him lose an Oscar. But too bad. Eddie Murphy assumes. Less to having made Mister G. in place of Rush Hour …

What is the worst film with Eddie Murphy?

In a recent video interview for the series 360 with Speedy Morman From Complex, the 64 -year -old actor had fun answering the question. And for him, it is not Norbit, Gravery comedy from 2007, in which he plays several roles, around a shy man caught in a love triangle with a sweet woman and a dominating wife.

He defends his film and explains that if he was so hated, it is because he was released at the same time as Dreamgirlsthe famous adaptation of the Broadway musical inspired by the Supremes, and which earned him an nodal nomination!

“I love Norbit. Norbit was released just after my Oscar appointment to Dreamgirls. There were articles like: ‘How can he have an Oscar, if he did this?’ But these are two completely different films. I wrote Norbit with my brother Charlie (Murphy), and we find it funny. Downright !”

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Eddie Murphy continues his explanation by laughing: “The thing with Norbit is that they gave a raid award to worst actress, worse actor and worse actor of the decade because of this film. No but serious! Come on, this thing is not as bad as that! I like Norbit. Even today, I like Norbit. There are things in this film that make me laugh”.

Eddie Murphy assumes the farce, but less the SF adventure Pluto Nash (2002) that he considers to be the worst film in his career. It is especially its biggest flop with $ 7 million in revenue only (for a budget of 100 million!).

And Eddie Murphy is not very proud either Mister G. Released in 1999, a comedy in which he plays a guru. A film he chose in place of … Rush Hour !

“Yes, it is true that I had been offered the role in Rush Hour before Chris Rock. My agents came to see me with the two scripts. He had this action comedy with Jackie Chan with lots of physical things to do. And in the other, I cut it sweet in a bathrobe in Miami … The choice was quickly made” Eddie Murphy is laughing today. “So I went to Miami and made this awful film instead … But it was an easy -to -make film!”