For Eddie Murphy, there was a run of about 20ish years where he could get anything he wanted made. He just couldn’t miss. But even with that level of fame and success, there was one project Murphy wanted to make but kept talking himself out of—a mockumentary called “Soul, Soul, Soul.”
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In a recent interview with The New York Times, Eddie Murphy talked a bit about his unmade passion project, “Soul, Soul, Soul,” and why he never made it. Even though it’s something he is passionate about, Murphy believes that there aren’t enough people out there who would understand it.
“This one thing I’ve been threatening to do for years called ‘Soul, Soul, Soul,’ Murphy explained. “It’s like this fake documentary that I love.”
He added, “It’s this guy who’s part of the rock ’n’ roll, R&B thing back in the ’60s and worked with everybody; all these great moments, and he’s attached to all of these things…I’m telling you, I almost made this movie a bunch of times. I’ve been right to where I was going to make it and then said, ‘No, not right now,’ because I feel like it’s so self-indulgent, and only a few people would go see it — but they would laugh so hard.”
If you’re a fan of Murphy, you can already see this film play out in your mind. It sounds like it would be hilarious. In fact, during the interview, he apparently pulled out his phone and played a trailer for the film that he had made but never released. That’s how close he got to actually making the film.
It’s kinda wild to know there’s this project that is seemingly ready to be made that Murphy just doesn’t know if he will ever make. And by his description of it, “Soul, Soul, Soul,” sounds like the type of movie that studios would bend over backwards to get made, especially a streaming service like Netflix.
Regardless, if you want to see what Murphy is working on now, you can head over to Netflix on July 3, when “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” gets released.