10 Actors Who Suffered The Most In 2016
5. Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy has been taking it easy the last few years, outside of voicing Donkey for a Shrek short and making a cameo in a Beverly Hills Cop TV pilot that didn’t air. He also promised his days of doing bad movies for money were over, and that he was only seeking quality projects.
That’s why people were excited for Mr Church, which was a low budget indie movie based on a true story. It was a chance to see him stretch himself as an actor, without a fat suit or a talking animal in sight. There was even talk of an Oscar nod for his work, but alas the movie failed to impress anybody. Murphy’s performance was fine, but the film was a mawkish, lukewarm TV movie that vanished without trace in the U.S.
Probably not the result Eddie was looking for with his first onscreen role in five years, which is why Beverly Hills Cop 4 is looking increasingly likely.