![]() To look over on the set, seeing her, I had a big giant proud papa moment every day." We can't wait to see the father-daughter duo share the screen when the film hits Amazon Prime Video on March 5. "You know, if you have children, your child could do like a school play, and your heart will burst with pride. "I can't even put into words, Al," he said. While chatting with Today's Al Roker, he couldn't help but go into proud dad mode. "And I'm really proud with how it turned out." "I just really wanted to do the best that I could," she added. "I didn't want people to watch it and be like, 'Oh, that must be his daughter 'cause she can't keep up with everyone else,'" she said. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten the role."īella added that she really went to "be good" in the role. She had to really be able to - you know, to deliver. "I wasn't musclin' my kid into the movie. "She had to audition for Craig Brewer, who directed the movie," Eddie told Good Morning America. In fact, Eddie was adamant about her auditioning for the role. However, just because Bella is Eddie's daughter doesn't mean she got special treatment. ![]() Not only does the role mark her feature film debut, but the 19-year-old actually plays one of Prince Akeem and Lisa McDowell's three daughters, Omma. The sequel to 1988's Coming to America follows Murphy's character, Prince Akeem, as he discovers he has a long-lost son, but it also features his real-life daughter, Bella, whom he shares with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell Murphy. "People will shout on the streets to us, like, 'Is Cleo going to be in? McDowell's better be in it or there's going to be trouble!' So you're going to get everyone's opinions towards what it is, but we needed to get down to the essence of what's going to bring people into this movie - in addition to the comedy." It sounds like Brewer and Eddie Murphy were able to find a line between too much nostalgia, and just enough.Eddie Murphy's Coming 2 Americais sure to be a family affair. Is Eddie Murphy's daughter in 'Coming to America 2' Yes, the celebrity's biological daughter, Bella Murphy, is in his latest motion picture The 19-year-old plays Omma, one of three princesses of Prince/King Akeem, aka Eddie Murphy's character. "The conversations that Eddie and I were having was just about, where does Coming to America sit in people's hearts?" Brewer went on to note that the movie is very important to some fans, which is tied to nostalgia. Headey's Lisa character can also be seen with Murphy's Prince Akeem.Ĭraig Brewer also believes that fans of the original are going to love the Amazon Prime sequel, though it isn't necessarily all about the laughs for him. Even the New York barbershop crew is back in two different images, which has Murphy playing multiple characters. Jones is back as Akeem's father the king of Zamunda and he can be seen in one of the other new images. Snipes previously teased that viewers are going to have to watch the movie in diapers because of how funny it is. Newcomers to the cast include, KiKi Layne, Tracy Morgan, Rick Ross, and Wesley Snipes. In addition to Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, Coming 2 America also stars Shari Headley, Paul Bates, John Amos, and James Earl Jones, who are all reprising their roles from the first movie. Not to take away from the original, because we never will." He's got some problems he's got to figure out and he's got a little bit more depth in this particular one. Coming 2 America postulates that King Akeem of Zamunda (Murphy), now a father to three highly capable daughtersincluding KiKi Layne as his eldest and most impressive, Princess Meekamay have. Prince Akeem now needs to be a king and have children of his own and find out how to rule his kingdom with these old laws. ![]() ![]() He has three daughters with Lisa and now there's this blended family that is happening. And he finds out that he has a son in America that he did not know he had. Without me giving away too much, there's trouble on the horizon with a neighboring country because of something Akeem did or did not do in the first movie. "It's 30 years later and Prince Akeem is preparing for life as a king. In a new interview, Brewer teased what fans can expect. For the sequel, Murphy reteamed with Dolemite Is My Name director, Craig Brewer. In addition, there is a Soul Glo poster on a nearby wall, which should get a few laughs from fans of the original movie. They look nearly identical to how they did in the first installment 32 years ago. In one of our first looks at Prince Akeem and Semmi, we notice that Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy haven't really aged. Akeem and Semmi are back Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio. ![]()
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