![]() ![]() ![]() The story of the sequel also directly relates to that earlier trip Prince Akeem and his close friend and adviser Semmi (Arsenio Hall) took to the U.S. It’s that the new scene has been shot and cut to echo the original scene, so it only really works if we are aware of how much things have changed otherwise we might wonder why this new film is dwelling so awkwardly on each daughter politely saying, “Good morning, mother and father” to their parents. Coming to America was never as raw as, say, Eddie Murphy Raw, of course, but watching the new movie’s opening scene of a now-middle-aged Prince Akeem of Zamunda (Murphy) and his wife Lisa (Shari Headley) being awakened by their three daughters wishing them a happy anniversary, one is reminded that in the original, it was a very single Prince Akeem being awakened by his three naked, beautiful female attendants on the morning of his 21st birthday. Back in 1988, Eddie Murphy was probably the biggest comedy star on the planet, and a lot of his most successful stand-up from that era has dated so preposterously that it could now be its own meta-humor bit. Reclaiming the spirit of the first Coming to America might not be as simple as it sounds. That’s kind of the key to the new film’s rickety charm, even if that also means it’s doomed to live forever in the shadow of its megasuccessful original. But at least new films like Mad Max: Fury Road and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle attempt to reinvent and redefine (I am trying very hard not to say “reboot”) their stories and characters for the current moment.Ĭoming 2 America, which premieres on Amazon Prime Video this week, by contrast, practically demands encyclopedic recall of the original it exists mainly as a vessel to reunite characters and redo classic bits from the first Coming to America (which, by the way, is also currently and conveniently available on Amazon Prime Video). ![]() It’s been more than a few years since Hollywood’s obsession with franchising everything prompted the industry to start reaching back to the dormant legacies of titles from the 1980s and ’90s. It’s hard to imagine what someone who hasn’t seen the original Coming to America - which, let’s not forget, came out 33 years ago - would make of its sequel. The actress is enjoying an incredible following on social media – she has 108k followers on Instagram.Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America. FILMING LOCATIONS: Explore the locations behind Coming 2 America.It’s when you start to see the things that you need when going into character that are kind of already in you.” That’s one of the fun things about acting. What’s cool is tapping into that warrior spirit and that loyalty that I found to be very similar to Danai’s character in Black Panther. ![]() So then I just got to let it blossom under the circumstances of the character that I was playing. It made me a lot more comfortable learning the new weapon.” I felt a lot more confident just learning fight choreography and tapping into that warrior energy experience. “I felt so much better about after doing all the training for The Old Guard. Meeka is a confident and fierce character and the actress spoke that her previous training for The Old Guard helped her a lot in this movie. ![]()
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