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Writer's pictureKris Avalon

EDDIE MURPHY, JERMAINE FOWLER, AND ARSENIO HALL COVER ESSENCE MAGAZINE

Essence magazine is pulling out all the stops for their March/April issue, releasing three magazine covers featuring the cast of Coming 2 America.

The first cover features Murphy with Arsenio Hall and Jermaine Fowler, who plays his long lost son in the sequel.

He also strikes a pose with real life daughter Bella Murphy, while the third cover features KiKi Layne.

While I feel the sequel is 10 years too late in regards to a sequel release, I’ll definitely check it out on Amazon Prime when it drops next month.

Check out the highlights and magazine covers below…

EDDIE MURPHY GIVES HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE FILM MEANS TO THE CULTURE: “Coming to America is one of my films that has really worked its way into the culture. People get dressed up as the characters for Halloween, and they still walk around saying catchphrases like ‘Sexual Chocolate.’ So many people grew up with Coming to America and have a lot invested in it, so I didn’t want to taint that…Once the ideas started coming together, it took about four or five years to get the script all the way right. Once we got it right, I knew it was time…”

ARSENIO HALL ON RETURNING TO THE SEQUEL: “A lot of people have posted about Coming to America and said things like, ‘Please don’t mess with my movie’ or ‘I don’t want no sequel!’ We’ve been pitched all kinds of ideas, but I remember reading the script in Eddie’s backyard and it was all making sense. That’s when I knew that this was going to be the sequel…”

BELLA MURPHY ON PLAYING OMMA AND WORKING ON SCREEN WITH HER DAD:“Omma is super-smart, a little bit of a badass, and she’s super-cool. Being able to do my first film with my dad is really special…I’m over the moon…”  

JERMAINE ON PLAYING LAVELLE—AND WATCHING HIS DREAM BECOME A REALITY : “In some ways, Lavelle reminds me a lot of myself when I was growing up and trying to figure out life. As a fan of the original film, I was honored to be a part of this whole world—but when they told me how Lavelle becomes part of the story, I just laughed my ass off and thought, All right, let’s do it…”

SHARI HEADLEY ON WHAT AUDIENCES WILL LOVE ABOUT THE FILM: “I’m as excited as the audience and have no doubt that this will be a film that people will love. I’ll venture to say they’ll love it even more than the first one…”

WESLEY SNIPES ON JOINING THE CAST: “I was like, ‘Whatever the role is, I want to be in it.’ Later, I was told that I was going to be a General—but really, I could have played a zebra and been just fine…”

KIKI LAYNE ON PLAYING MEEKA:“Meeka is loyal to her family. I’m interested in showcasing strong Black women— and being a part of this film was an opportunity to play in such a classic world and also to work with straight-up legends, all the way around…”

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