![]() ![]() It's understandable why one might want to cast Tracy Morgan as Eddie Murphy's son, but even for a comedy, there's a suspension of disbelief issue that would likely make the entire movie feel strange. It's certainly a more realistic place to put Morgan. What's more, Tracy Morgan took a role as the boy's uncle. Instead, the film ended up casting Jermaine Fowler, nearly 30 years younger than Murphy, as the son. Eddie Murphy is only seven years older than Morgan, and, while they both look pretty good for their age, Morgan doesn't look so young that he could easily pass for Murphy's son. ![]() To be sure, selling Tracy Morgan as the son of Eddie Murphy would have likely been a tall order. 01:38 A sequel 33 years in the making, Amazon Prime’s Coming 2 America reunites the cast of the 1988 hit comedy Coming to America in full: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley. ![]() How are we going to make this believable. What changed was, we met with Tracy a couple times and was like 'Tracy look the same age as me. Three years into writing it, Tracy was the son, still. Eddie Murphy's Actual Daughter Plays His Daughter in 'Coming 2 America' - YouTube Eddie Murphy shares how it felt to work alongside his daughter Bella in 'Coming 2. That core seems to have always made up the idea for the sequel, but as Eddie Murphy explained to our own Eric Eisenberg, at the inception of the idea, and for several years after, the expectation was that Tracy Morgan would play the role of the son. Coming 2 America sees Eddie Murphy's character of Prince Akeem discover that he has a son, which results in him returning to America to connect with him. Along with KiKi Layne, Bella Murphy and Akiley Love star in Coming 2 America as the three daughters of Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem, and Shari Headley’s Princess Lisa. ![]()
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