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Eddie Murphy says Marlon Brando once told him that ‘acting is bulls–t,’ couldn’t ‘stand’ Clint Eastwood
By Nika Shakhnazarova,
5 hours ago
A dinner invite from Marlon Brando was simply an offer Eddie Murphy could not refuse.
Recalling a memorable conversation he had with the late 2-time Oscar winner, Murphy, 63, recalled a couple of exchanges he had with Brando, who was known to never mince words.
In an interview with the New York Times’ podcast “The Interview,” the “Trading Places” actor detailed the time he was invited to the late actor’s home following his first-ever film role, in 1982’s “48 Hrs.”
Brando, who played Don Vito Corleone in “The Godfather,” brushed off Murphy’s praise for his performance in the hit film. Getty Images
“This is how long ago it was: He was going, ‘I can’t stand that kid with the gun.’ I was like, ‘What kid with the gun?’ He said, ‘He’s on the poster!’ ” Murphy called.
“He came and picked me up at the hotel. But there was a time mix-up, and I came down like a half-hour late — he was waiting for me in the car,” Murphy recalled.
According to Murphy, Brando said he couldn’t “stand” Clint Eastwood. Bettmann Archive
“We went to his house on Mulholland,” he shared, adding that he “was just going on and on” about Brando’s 1972 film “The Godfather.”
Brando, who played Don Vito Corleone in the hit film, brushed off the praise.
“He was like, ‘Eh, The Godfather.’ Not just ‘The Godfather’ — acting,” Murphy recalled. “He was like, ‘Acting is bulls–t, and everybody can act.'”
Murphy said he looks back on those memories fondly to this day.
The 2-time Oscar winner died at age 80 in 2004. ZUMA Press
“I was having these famous people that I grew up watching on television wanting to have a meal with me,” he said.
“Now I look back and go, ‘Wow, that’s crazy. The greatest actor of all time wants to have dinner with you!’ But back then I just thought, ‘Well, that’s the way it is. You make a movie, and Marlon Brando calls.'”
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