*Ahead of Eddie Murphy’s return to “Saturday Night Live,” later this month, the comedian hit up Ellen DeGeneres this week to dish about the characters he may revisit on SNL, his return to the stand-up scene and possibly shooting a Netflix special.
“I’m gonna start kinda working [it] out in the beginning of the year and then when it’s ready, you know, I’ll try to give myself eight or nine months to get it ready,” he explained.
Murphy said fans can expect to see him hitting the stage at a few smaller clubs next year when he tests some new material.
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I’m helping Eddie Murphy decide what characters to do when he returns to “SNL.” pic.twitter.com/7vyzmenAKd
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) December 5, 2019
When DeGeneres credited Murphy with taking stand-up to the arena level, he disagreed.
“That wasn’t me that started that,” he said. “It kinda grew into that over the years. Stand-up comedy, when we started, you know the biggest gig was opening for somebody or a sitcom or something but over the last 30 years stand-up turned into this big mainstream [thing]. It’s like as popular as becoming a singer.”
Murphy then noted how labelling you’re a stand-up comedian doesn’t get the same reaction it did when he first started out.
“When we started it was like, if you were saying you were a comic, it was like being a juggler or a magician or something. Now it’s this mainstream thing,” he said.
Scroll up and watch Murphy tell it via the clip above.
In related news, we previously reported, Murphy is returning for a new “Beverly Hills Cop” film on Netflix.
The streaming giant has picked up the rights to make a fourth “Beverly Hills Cop” with Murphy set to star and Jerry Bruckheimer producing.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project comes after a one-time licensing deal between Netflix and Paramount to produce the another installment in the hit cop franchise.
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish said the licensing deal “will produce a new film based on an iconic IP and further expands our relationship with this important original production client.”
Meanwhile, Murphy can currently be seen in “Dolemite Is My Name,” on Netflix, followed next year by “Coming 2 America.”
The funnyman is set to host the December 21 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” and it will be his first time doing so in 35 years.
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