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Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall recall hiring Louie Anderson after forced to cast White star in 'Coming to America' - Fox News

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall recall hiring Louie Anderson after forced to cast White star in 'Coming to America' - Fox News

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall recall hiring Louie Anderson after forced to cast White star in 'Coming to America' - Fox News
Mar 03, 2021 35 secs

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Hall, 65, revealed that the studio made them cast a White actor to play the character of Maurice -- who was played by Louie Anderson.

"We were forced to put [in] a White person.".

Similarly, Murphy remembered Paramount was opposed to the 1988 movie having an all-Black cast.

"They were like, ‘There has to be a White person in the movie,'" he said. "So who was the funniest White guy around.

'COMING 2 AMERICA' DROPS FIRST TRAILER FEATURING EDDIE MURPHY, ARSENIO HALL.

The original movie featured a predominantly Black cast with actors like Garcelle Beauvais, James Earl Jones, John Amos and more in addition to Murphy and Hall.

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