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Eddie Murphy To Play Richard Pryor

February 28th, 2009 3:43pm EST Post a comment

Eddie Murphy has landed his dream role - portraying late, great funnyman Richard Pryor in a new biopic. Murphy has reportedly signed up to star in "Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?"

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Sat Feb 28 2009 17:49:43 By: nicerack (

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Eddie Murphy waived his multi million dollar fee.....now that's a shocker!

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Sat Feb 28 2009 20:26:40 By: isiah-smom1 (

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I THINK EDDIE MURPHY IS A GREAT COMEDIAN BUT I THINK IT'S A STRETCH FOR HIM TO PLAY RICHARD PRYOR.FOR ONE HE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HIM TWO HE JUST ISN'T THE RIGHT PERSON .I KNOW I'M REPEATING MYSELF BUT IT DON'T SEEM RIGHT.I STILL LOVE YOU EDDIE.

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Sun Mar 1 2009 04:49:48 By: samwise2206 (

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isiah-smom1 you are a fool.

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Sun Mar 1 2009 10:08:21 By: Agent Smith (

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This isn't a stretch at all. If anyone ever saw his stuff in the 80s he's MORE than perfect for this role.

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Sun Mar 1 2009 16:27:42 By: lovetheweasel (

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whoa, this sounds awesome

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Sun Mar 1 2009 18:24:41 By: Cummie (

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If anybody can play Richard Pryor's role, it is Eddie Mur-
phy. He is a good actor.