Eddie Murphy is looking back at the roles that got away.
In a new interview with AP while promoting his Netflix documentary Being Eddie, the comedy legend opened up about the major films he wishes he would said yes to a shortlist that still lingers on his mind.
“‘Ghostbusters,’ I was supposed to do ‘Ghostbusters,’” Murphy recalled.
“Didn’t do that, and ‘Rush Hour.’ Didn’t do that. Oh, and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’ Those are my big three ‘wish I would have done’ movies.”
Murphy explained that he regrets passing because each of those films turned into “huge, giant hits.”
Even so, the Shrek and Coming to America star maintained that he does not dwell too much on the past.
He claimed that turning down one franchise actually opened the door to another iconic role.
“With ‘Ghostbusters,’ I did ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ instead,” he said.
“It was do this or that, so it worked out cool. And ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ just sounded ridiculous to me, and I passed on it. And afterwards, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s f***** amazing.’”
Meanwhile, Eddie has also pulled the curtains on a darker side of Hollywood claiming that he had to bury many of his friends on his own in the documentary, Being Eddie.