Eddie Murphy Reveals How He Avoided the Pitfalls of Fame

Eddie Murphy revealed how he avoided the trappings of fame at the peak of his career.  

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Eddie Murphy is back playing Axel Foley in the new
Beverly Hills Cup axle F, the latest installment in the
franchise that not only made him famous but transformed him
into a superstar, undoubtedly one of the biggest entertainers of
the nineteen eighties, a level of fame at his peak
on par with Elvis, Presley Prince and Michael Jackson. And
Eddie is very aware that all three of those men
passed away far too young. After battles with substance aviews.

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He tells The New York Times, those guys are all
cautionary tales for me. I don't drink, I don't do drugs.
I wasn't taking some moral stance. I just wasn't interested
in it. To not have the desire or curiosity, I'd say,
that's the providence. God is looking over me in that moment. Now,
at my age, I can look back and see I
walk through a minefield for thirty five years. How do
you make it through a minefield for that long? Something

(00:47):
is looking over you. The words of Eddie Murphy. There
whose new movie Beverly Hills, Cup axle F is on
Netflix

Speaker 1 (00:53):
That's direct from Hollywood.