Kevin Bacon on why working with Eddie Murphy was a 'bucket list thing’

Kevin Bacon and Eddie Murphy

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Kevin Bacon will never forget having the opportunity to work with Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

During a recent conversation with People magazine, the actor has nothing but praise for his co-star, saying, “Working with him was a bucket list thing. He is one of our greatest movie stars.

In the Mark Molloy-directed film, Murphy reprises his role as Detroit detective Axel Foley four decades after the original 1984 film, while Bacon plays Captain Grant.

Although both legendary actors rose to fame at the same time in the 80s, the original Beverly Hills Cop And bacon Foot loose Coming out in the same year, they didn’t communicate much during that time.

“Our paths never crossed in the 80s. We never worked together. I don’t even remember meeting him — I’m sure we probably did, but I don’t remember,” Bacon recalled. But while working together in the fourth term Beverly Hills CopThe MaXXXine The star praised Murphy for his comedic skills.

„Eddie is a very loose and loose and current actor. He comes in and famously does a lot of improv,” Bacon explained. „But when he’s improvising, you can really sense that the improviser is trying to laugh. I’ve never seen him try to be funny on or off camera and he’s still funny. To the point that sometimes I lose it because he looks at me. „

„He really cares about the person he’s working with,” she continued of Murphy. „I noticed that he would pick up on little things that the other person would do or say or whatever. It was great. I loved working with him.”

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FDebuting on Netflix July 3, Murphy returns to Beverly Hills after a threat to his daughter’s life, and joins new partner Detective Bobby Abbott (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old friends John Taggart (John Ashton) and Billy Rosewood (Judge). Reinhold) to uncover a conspiracy.