Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas Share More in Common Than ‘Shrek’

Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”) sat down for a chat for “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” For more, click here. Antonio Banderas takes on the role of…

,” as Rudy Ray Moore, the real-life would-be comic and actor still waiting for his breakout role. Taking on the persona of Dolemite, Moore rose to cult fame — a trajectory Murphy rides with gleeful relish.No, it was my idea. “Dolemite Is My Name” started with me thinking that this guy, Rudy Ray Moore, an inner-city, underground comedian that I followed for years and years, would make a great story.He’s totally underground.

Right now, I’m doing a sequel to a movie I did years ago called “Coming to America.” And it has just been around for years and years in the culture. I don’t know what it is about the movie. Like on Halloween, people dress up as the characters, and people always say lines from that movie to me. I don’t know if there’s ever been a sequel to a movie 30 years afterwards, but we found a way to connect it. And I’m just over the moon with how it’s turned out.

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