"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.Market data provided by Factset