The new documentary about Eddie Murphy, Being Eddie, which you can watch with your Netflix subscription, is great. It’s filled with wonderful history and great interviews with the comedy legend. It touches on Murphy’s entire career, from his beginnings as a stand-up comic in New York as a teenager to starring on SNL in his early 20s to becoming one of the biggest box office draws of all time in now-legendary movies like Trading Places, Coming to America, and the Shrek franchise.
There is one bit towards the very end of the movie that really piqued my interest. It mentions that Murphy has agreed to star in a biopic about funk music legend George Clinton. There isn’t a ton of information about the biopic, but it does seem like it’s going to happen. To be clear, I personally have to see this happen. It’s just too perfect, one of my favorite actors playing one of my favorite musicians. Yes, Please!
