- Title: 'Coming 2 America' returns with star-studded cast
- Date: 4th March 2021
- Summary: LOS ANGLES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 9, 2021) (REUTERS VIA ZOOM) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS BELLA MURPHY SAYING: "I think he just saw how passionate I was about it, and he made an exception and asked me if I wanted to audition for the princess, which I was like, yes, I do. And then I went in and did it, and yeah."
- Embargoed: 18th March 2021 14:37
- Keywords: cast coming 2 america coming to america eddie murphy film movie sequel tracy morgan wesley snipes
- Location: UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA + ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
- City: UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA + ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA006E2O1R9P
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: More than 30 years after Prince Akeem Joffer and his sidekick Semmi first traveled to the United States to find a royal bride, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall reprise their roles in comedy sequel "Coming 2 America" and are bringing along a star-studded list of actors.
Comedian Tracy Morgan portrays Murphy's son's uncle, while Wesley Snipes flexes his comedic muscle as the film's nemesis.
"The names just go on and on and on. I almost did it for free," said Snipes.
Murphy, creator and star of the 1988 film - which proved more popular with audiences than critics when it came out - returns to the fictional nation of Zamunda, this time as Akeem prepares to become king.
A father to three daughters in a country where only a male heir can sit on the throne, Akeem finds out he has a son in America and returns to Queens, the New York borough he first visited decades ago, to meet him.
In the first film, the pampered prince foregoes his luxuries to find a woman who will love him for himself.
Most of the original cast reprise their roles in the sequel, which is released on Amazon Prime Video on Friday (March 5), including James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer and Shari Headley as Akeem's wife Lisa. Another new face includes Murphy's daughter Bella Murphy.
"(He) asked me if I wanted to audition for the princess, which I was like, yes, I do. And then I went in and did it," explained Bella.
When asked if they feel pressure to deliver a film as funny as the first the responses were mixed.
"You want people to like what your work is, but you can't expect everybody to like it," said Morgan.
"Yeah there's pressure to deliver because of the fact that we are in an era where everybody feel like nothing needs to be touched," declared Teyana Taylor.
While Snipes is worried at all: "I ain't care about the fans in this. I ain't cared about none of the fans."
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