Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer.
Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, The Nutty Professor, and Dolemite Is My Name. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.
Hugh Jackman & Ryan Reynolds Talk Marvel Leaks, Original 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Idea & Their Bromance on 'Hot Ones'
justjared.comRyan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are taking on the spicy wings of death! The Deadpool & Wolverine co-stars appeared on Hot Ones and took on burning questions from host Sean Evans.
During their funny appearance, the two discussed superhero costumes, Marvel leaks, the original opening idea for Deadpool & Wolverine, jobs before acting, the depths of their bromance and more. Keep reading to find out more… Hugh on Wolverine’s potential to be in a double-act comedy: “Literally the moment I saw Deadpool, that’s when everything came flashing to me.
That’s when I saw 48 Hours, Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy…I saw The Odd Couple…I was like these two characters have to be together and I literally announced my retirement three days before…it took us six years to get there but we got there.” Ryan on getting fitted for superhero suits: “…I think that the Deadpool suit and this Wolverine suit are the two best comic book movie suits ever made.” On pre-fame jobs, Ryan as a forklift driver/Hugh as a clown for birthday parties: Ryan: “I crushed my ankle a couple of times on those forklifts…” Hugh: “I literally rented a clown outfit…and we had no skills, literally no skills…I broke my rule and I did an 8 year old’s party.
I always knew they were going to find me out and he found me out and this kid yelled to his mom ‘mom, this clown is crap’. And I’m like ‘shut up, kid’…” Ryan reveals original opening for Deadpool & Wolverine: “I’m shocked that we managed to get through this without some of our biggest surprises, even hypothesized online…the original idea with this movie was to shoot a fake movie called Alpha Cop, that was intentionally bad…It was about two guys that were sharing one brain and together they make the perfect cop…and the poster
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