Eddie Murphy explains his intentional attempt to drop his well-known laugh in the most recent Beverly Hills Cop film.
With the fourth Beverly Hills Cop film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Eddie Murphy is again in the limelight.
Fans would find a notable difference, though: his iconic laugh is absent.
Murphy revealed in an open interview with CBR that he deliberately chose to give up using his signature laugh after it grew too memorable following the release of the original 1984 movie.
“In the ’80s, I was like ‘I don’t want to be known for a laugh,'” Murphy said.
He noted that by copying his laugh, comedians frequently paid homage to him.
“That’s all they accomplished—that laughed. It was like, “Hey, you know what, I’m going to stop laughing.” I made myself stop laughing; this is quite strange. You laugh and it’s like, “I have to stop laughing like that.” And today I do not laugh like that. Though he tried, his chuckle had already made a lasting effect. “The impressions, and simply… we’re overdoing things here. Even still! Murphy also mentioned.
“They’ll do that laugh if you say do an impression. They will speak like the Donkey [Shrek character], and they will speak like I do. If you say, “Hey, how are you doing?” Eddie Murphy talks. [Very dramatic chuckle] And it’s like that’s not me.
Murphy, who has created a legendary career making others laugh, has often found himself the target of jokes.
He remembered a David Spade jab on Saturday Night Live about his 1995 film Vampire in Brooklyn failing in Brooklyn.
Murphy was shown in Spade’s “Hollywood Minute” skit with a photo stating, “Look, kiddies, it’s a falling star. Express a wish.
“It was like, ‘Hey, hello. Murphy told The New York Times, that Saturday Night Live is “The biggest thing that ever came off the show is me.
If I hadn’t returned to the show, the show would have been off-air today. Now, you have someone from the cast cracking about my career?”
Murphy is having a career rebirth despite the challenges. Returning to the part that shot him to notoriety, he shows that his ability transcends his iconic laugh.