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During the filming of 1988’s Coming to America<\/em>, a tense moment between Eddie Murphy and director John Landis led to a physical fight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Arsenio Hall was called in to help smooth things over, with the film’s future in jeopardy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Hall laughs as he recalls his unorthodox way of handling the situation to Esquire <\/em>and how it helped production resume<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n A conflict on the Coming to America<\/em> set came on a particularly inconvenient day for Arsenio Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n The actor, 70, recently sat down with Esquire<\/em><\/a>, where he recalled an argument on the film’s set between director John Landis<\/a> and Eddie Murphy<\/a>. The argument took place on a day when Hall wasn’t needed on set, so he was enjoying personal time when he got a phone call about the issue.<\/p>\n “The last thing you want when you’re about to have a m\u00e9nage \u00e0 trois is to answer a phone call from a man named Ned,” he laughs. Ned Tanen, the chairman of Paramount at the time, instructed Hall to “Go find your friend,” saying, “I think Eddie hurt John Landis.”<\/p>\n The thought of a physical altercation hadn’t even occurred to Hall, who replied, “What do you mean? Hurt his feelings?”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n