peter1221 — 1 year ago(July 04, 2024 05:12 PM)

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/eddie-murphy-marlon-brando-dinner-clint-eastwood-sucks-1236057919/
“I was having these famous people that I grew up watching on television wanting to have a meal with me,” Murphy remembered about becoming famous in Hollywood. “After ’48 Hrs.’ Marlon Brando calls my agent and wants to meet me. 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.'”
Murphy said that he met Brando twice for dinner. The first time was at the L’Ermitage hotel in Los Angeles. The second time was at Brando’s house.
“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 said. “We went to his house on Mulholland; I was just going on and on about ‘The Godfather,’ and he was like, ‘Eh, “The Godfather.”‘ Not just ‘The Godfather’ — acting. He was like, ‘Acting is bullshit, and everybody can act.'”
“This is how long ago it was: He was going, ‘I can’t stand that kid with the gun,'” Murphy added. “I was like, ‘What kid with the gun?’ He said, ‘He’s on the poster!’ I was like, ‘Clint Eastwood?” ‘Yeah, that guy!’ He was calling Clint Eastwood ‘that kid.'”