Eddie Murphy on Why He Loves ‘Ridiculousness’ and What the First ‘Coming to America’ Means to Him

With director Craig Brewer’s Coming 2 America now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, I recently had the chance to speak with Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall about the long-awaited sequel. During the interview, they each talked about what the first Coming to America means to them, how it was the first all-black cast in the history of Hollywood that was successful all around the world, what other character from the film they’d love to play in a spin-off movie, and more. In addition, when I asked each of them what TV series they’d like to guest star on, Murphy waxed poetic about his love of MTV’s Ridiculousness and why he loves the show. If anyone at MTV is reading this, after the pandemic, you probably want to ask him to visit the show, In the sequel, Murphy’s Prince Akeem is living a happy life in Zamunda with his Coming to America sweetheart, Lisa (Shari Headley), and his three daughters. But when he finds out that he might have a son he didn’t know about living in New York City (Jermaine Fowler), and