10 Misguided Career Moves Made By Talented Actors

3. Eddie Murphy Not Giving A Damn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8GaKpTYQM As far as we are aware, Eddie Murphy doesn't have the same financial problems as Nicolas Cage, and so his reasons for starring in so many terrible films seem a lot more ellusive. The guy is enormously talented, as evidenced by his most famous performances in his stand-up show Raw and, of course, as Axel Foley in the Beverly Hills Cop series (the first two, anyway). However, Murphy's first big-time slump came post-Shrek, when he starred in an increasingly desperate glut of sequels to Dr Dolitte and, sadly, Shrek itself. Add to this duds like Pluto Nash, I Spy and The Haunted Mansion and it became clear that Murphy was just out for a quick payday. He thought him redeemed when he received an Oscar nomination for his work in 2006's Dreamgirls, but straight thereafter, he went back to crap; Norbit, Meet Dave, Imagine That and A Thousand Words. While I hope he's great in the new Beverly Hills Cop movie, I'm worried he's tarnished his image for good this time.