Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall both claim Paramount Pictures forced them to cast a white actor in the original “Coming To America” movie in 1988.
In the film, Emmy-winning actor Louie Anderson was part of the cast as Maurice. “I love Louie, but I think we were forced to put Louie in it,” Hall says during an appearance with Murphy on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to promote the sequel “Coming 2 America”, in which both actors reprise their roles. “We were forced to put in a white person,” Hall says of the original film while Murphy recalls Paramount executives allegedly insisted the film not feature an all-Black cast.
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