Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “The Nutty Professor”
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Veronica Wells
Sherman Klump
From early on in the film, it’s not hard to empathize with Sherman. He’s smart, kind and is looking for love like all the rest of us. He was such a believable person that when Eddie Murphy was wearing his Sherman makeup, complete with the fat suit, people, who knew he was Eddie Murphy, treated him differently.
“You know it’s interesting when I’d be on the set in my face people would treat me a certain way. Eddie comes on the set, ‘Mr. Murphy hi.’ But when I come on the set as Sherman the girls would be like ‘Shermie!’ hugging and squeezing me and the crew would be nice to me. It was like I was whole different person.”
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