Die-hard Eddie Murphy fans are about to have a ball with this one.
Netflix is celebrating the star’s legacy by announcing Tuesday that “Being Eddie,” an upcoming documentary on the iconic comedian and actor, is making its way to the streaming platform.
The new movie will be available on Nov. 12.
The documentary chronicles the 64-year-old’s nearly 50-year career, beginning with his start on “Saturday Night Live” to hit movies including “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Coming to America” and “Shrek.” Set to appear on the small screen are a multitude of his famous friends as the film is to take the audience into Murphy’s home for candid conversations.
At the helm of the project is two-time Oscar winner Angus Wall.
“Eddie’s somebody that he feels he’s known who he is from the beginning,” director Angus Wall tells USA Today for an exclusive first look at the documentary. “He’s been on a path of destiny since he was a kid. He is an artist where he can express himself through many different ways, not just through comedy or acting, but through music and all these different things.
“He’s just got an incredibly flexible mind and spirit. His openness was really refreshing and kind of surprising.”
The documentary’s official synopsis notes, “It goes without saying that there is only one Eddie Murphy. No other teen comedian shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld at 17, and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live right out of high school. No actor has ever played a cop, a doctor, and a donkey — and dominated every facet of Hollywood he’s touched. Fewer still have been an A-list celebrity for over four decades, and never succumbed to its darker side.”
Wall began working on the movie in 2019, when he was given “unprecedented access” behind the scenes of “The Nutty Professor” star’s hosting gig on “SNL.”
“We filmed in (Lorne Michaels’) office, which nobody’s ever done and nobody may ever do again,” the filmmaker told USA Today.
When COVID-19 happened the next year, Wall arranged to have cameras set up in Murphy’s house during lockdown, where the two had about 10 “open and vulnerable” four-hour chats on a variety of topics.
“To me, the movie feels like those conversations; it feels like hanging out with him,” Wall shared. “He is exactly who he is in all situations. That said, he can become somebody else easier than anybody I’ve ever seen.”
“Eddie is such an icon and he’s such a legend, but he’s also one of the world’s most interesting people. He’s just such a unicorn of a human being,” he added.
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