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Eddie Murphy looks back on greatest accomplishment

Eddie Murphy returns to the role that made him a Hollywood superstar in "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F."

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Yong Chavez

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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ECtggneFP1g?&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Eddie Murphy began his reign as the era’s box office king in 1984 after the global success of the action-comedy “Beverly Hills Cop.”</p><p>Some 40 years later, he is back as Axel Foley, the fast-talking police officer, who has a unique way of enforcing the law.</p><p>Murphy shared that although he is grateful for his career longevity, he considers raising good children as his biggest achievement.</p><p>&quot;My chief major accomplishment [is] that I have 10 kids who are good people,&quot; he said.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17201583170125.PNG" style="width:958px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Eddie Murphy returns to the role that made him a Hollywood superstar in Netflix&#x27;s " Beverly="" Hills="" Cop:="" Axel="" Netflix=""/><span class="fr-inner">Eddie Murphy returns to the role that made him a Hollywood superstar in Netflix&#x27;s &quot;Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.&quot; (Courtesy: Netflix &quot;Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F&quot;)</span></span></span></div><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t have the bad child,&quot; Murphy quipped. &quot;I don’t have any of that ‘Anyone put me through all this trouble and it’s so hard.’ My biggest accomplishment, I think, is how well-rounded my children all turned out.&quot;</p><p>Apart from the &quot;Beverly Hills Cop&quot; movies, Murphy famously starred in other hit films like &quot;The Nutty Professor&quot; and &quot;Shrek.&quot;</p><p>He admitted that in real life, he is much more laidback than the characters that he portray onscreen.</p><p>&quot;I’m just an easygoing person,&quot; Murphy said. &quot;The one thing that I have in common with the person who goes to work is that I’m an easygoing guy.&quot;</p><p>He added: &quot;Axel Foley, you look at ‘Beverly Hills Cop,’ I play extroverts on screen. So most people think I’m like that. Ta-da-da-da-da! Like that. I’m nothing like that. I&#x27;m easygoing, I’m really comfortable in my skin.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F&quot; also stars many of its original cast members, including Judge Reinhold and John Ashton.</p><div><br/></div>

<p>Eddie Murphy returns to the role that made him a Hollywood superstar in "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F."</p>

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For comedy great Eddie Murphy, family is greatest achievement

Yong Chavez,

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Published Jul 05, 2024 01:47 PM PHT

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