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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is odd. Eddie wanted to be Denzel? Really? I mean he may have alienated folks and got shut out of opportunities but he was never going to give Denzel a run for his money. I think even Eddie Murphy knew that, hence him taking the roles he did.

[b]Also, Denzel was the star of Malcolm X. Why would he have been competing with Eddie for another small part in the same film? [/b]

All in all I liked the doc and laughed a lot. Whatever reasons he did or didn't do this or that, he seems to be alright from where I'm sitting. [/quote]  That poster is just making up stuff.  The truth is that early on, before Spike Lee was even attached, the studio was kicking around a very different version of Malcolm X. They were thinking more commercial, and yeah, Eddie Murphy was one of several names mentioned at that stage.  Sydney Potier advised Eddie not to consider the role because he felt like Eddie's massive comedic success made him different from actors who would play such a dramatic role. He thought Eddie didn't fit that mold.  So Eddie took his advice and said he wasn't interested in the role.  Once Spike came on, he scrapped that whole approach. He rewrote the script from the ground up and had Denzel Washington in mind from the start. Eddie and Denzel weren’t competing for the same role at the same time. Eddie was floated way earlier under a totally different vision that never got made. Spike’s Malcolm X was always Denzel’s.[/quote]

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