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Eddie Murphy<\/strong> recently addressed one of the most discussed aspects of his career during recent promotions for his new Netflix documentary, Being Eddie. The legendary comedian and actor revealed the three major films he regrets turning down, calling them his \u201cbig three \u2018wish I would have done\u2019 movies.\u201d<\/p>\n In an interview with the Associated Press<\/a>, Eddie Murphy said, \u201cYeah, there [are] a couple of movies. Ghostbusters, I was supposed to do Ghostbusters. Didn\u2019t do that. And Rush Hour. Didn\u2019t do that. Oh, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Those are my big three \u2018wish I would have done\u2019 movies.\u201d<\/p>\n Murphy explained his reasons, stating, \u201cThey were huge giant hits, they were giant hit movies.\u201d The original Ghostbusters (1984) grossed over $243 million domestically and led to a 1989 sequel. Who Framed Roger Rabbit earned more than $156 million in the U.S., while Rush Hour spawned two successful sequels.<\/p>\n Discussing Ghostbusters, Murphy said, \u201cWell, with Ghostbusters, I did Beverly Hills Cop instead. So, it was like, it was do this or that, so it worked out cool.\u201d On Roger Rabbit, he added, \u201cIt just sounded ridiculous to me, and I passed on it. And, afterwards, I was like, \u2018Oh that\u2019s f\u2014ing amazing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Murphy\u2019s career remained strong despite these missed opportunities. He gained acclaim in films like The Nutty Professor, Dr. Dolittle, and Dreamgirls, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n Murphy reflected on his journey in the Netflix documentary Being Eddie, released on November 12, 2025. The film covers his early comedy years, Saturday Night Live career, and 50 years in show business. Earlier, during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, he noted the original plan was a return-to-stand-up project, but \u201cThen COVID hit, and everything shut down\u2026 I was paranoid about COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding the upcoming Shrek 5, Murphy, who voices Donkey, shared, \u201cYou have a headache after a Shrek session. The donkey has a lot of singing\u2026 Everybody loves the movie.\u201d Shrek 5 will include the return of Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz, and introduce Zendaya as one of Shrek and Fiona\u2019s triplets.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Vritti Johar on ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Eddie Murphy Names 3 Movies He Wishes He Had Done<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eddie Murphy recently addressed one of the most discussed aspects of his career during recent promotions for his new Netflix documentary, Being Eddie. The legendary comedian and actor revealed the three major films he regrets turning down, calling them his \u201cbig three \u2018wish I would have done\u2019 movies.\u201d Eddie Murphy lists three movies he regrets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2174648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[305348,23191,345570,356850],"class_list":["post-2174647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-eddie-murphy","tag-netflix","tag-netflix-documentary","tag-roger-rabbit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Eddie-Murphy-Names-3-Movies-He-Wishes-He-Had-Done.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174649,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174647\/revisions\/2174649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2174648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2174647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2174647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Eddie Murphy lists three movies he regrets declining<\/h2>\n