![]() ![]() I’m doing it because I’m from the Midwest, and that’s how we would do ,” the Minnesota native recalled. ![]() Anderson asked the waiter to put the “Raw” comedian’s tab on his credit card. In a 2017 interview with SiriusXM’s “ Sway in the Morning,” the Emmy winner recalled dining at Hollywood hot spot the Ivy in the 1980s and seeing Murphy dining with his entourage. They said, ‘Who would you rather work with?’ I said, ‘Louie.’ ”īut Anderson, who reprised his role in the 2021 sequel, “Coming 2 America,” had distinguished himself to Murphy with an act of kindness. They gave me a list with three white guys. Hall said they were initially given a choice of three Caucasian comedians. “ like, ‘There has to be a white person in the movie.’ I was like, ‘What?’ So who was the funniest white guy around? We knew Louie was cool, so that’s how Louie got in the movie.” Louie Anderson (right) with John Amos, who played his boss Cleo McDowell, in “Coming 2 America.” The sequel to “Coming to America” was released last year. Murphy backed up his celluloid sidekick’s account. “We were forced to put in a white person.” ![]() “I love Louie, but I think we were forced to put Louie in it,” Hall, 65, told Jimmy Kimmel in 2021 while promoting the sequel. In reality, Anderson’s life-changing role in the 1988 classic came courtesy of his Midwestern values and a lack of melanin in his skin. In a year or two, I’ll make assistant manager, and that’s when the big bucks start rolling in.” “Hey, I started out mopping the floor just like you guys,” Maurice told Prince Akeem and Semmi (played by Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall). In “Coming to America,” Louie Anderson, who lost his battle with cancer at 68, played Maurice, the aspiring assistant manager of McDowell’s who enthusiastically worked his way up the ladder by learning the finer points of fast food. ‘Baskets’ star says playing a mom opened his eyesĬhip Baskets is TV’s weirdest rodeo clown Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dead at 68Įddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall forced to put white actor in ‘Coming to America’ ![]()
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