The third cooperation between John Landis and Eddie Murphy, the previous one being Landis directing Murphy on the troubled set of Il principe cerca moglie (1988). The two had become friends during Una poltrona per due (1983), but soon thereafter, they had a falling out over Murphy's refusal to support Landis at his trial over the accidental deaths of Vic Morrow and two children during the filming of Ai confini della realtà (1983). Murphy still wanted Landis to do Coming to America, due to his fond memories of working with him on Trading Places. However, a major conflict erupted on the set of Coming to America when crew members started complaining about not getting paid, and Landis told them: "You tell Murphy to give you your money! That's B.S.!" Murphy was already angry at Landis for giving him attitude after Murphy stuck his neck out for him and got him hired, while the studio objected to Landis due to a string of flops and his trial. Murphy decided to mess with Landis to teach him a lesson. Murphy told Playboy Magazine: " I playfully grabbed him around the throat, put my arm around him and I said to Fruity, one of my guys, "What happens when people put my business in the street?" and Fruity said, "they get f---- up." I was kind of half joking. Landis reached down to grab my ----, like he also thought it was a joke--and I cut his wind off. He fell down, his face turned red, his eyes watered up like a b---- and he ran off the set. F---' punk." Murphy went on in the interview to say Landis confronted him the next day: " He came to my trailer later and made this big speech. His voice was trembling, and it all came out: that he didn't think I was talented, that the only reason he did Coming to America was for money, that he didn't respect me since I hadn't gone to his trial and all this b------. All this f----- s---. Called me ignorant, an a-------." Also at this time, Murphy was quoted as saying "I will work with John Landis again, the next time he works with Vic Morrow". In spite of all this bad blood and hostility, the two patched things up and teamed up again for Beverly Hills Cop 3.

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