Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “The Nutty Professor”
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Veronica Wells
Dave Chappelle
As you know Dave Chappelle memorably played the role of the cruel comic “Reggie Warrington.” Rumor has it his character was named after the Hudlin brothers Reginald and Warrington who directed Murphy’s earlier film Boomerang. While he was playing a jerk to Murphy’s character in that role, Chappelle, during his interview with “Inside the Actor’s Studio, spoke about how being on set with Murphy changed the course of his life.
“Eddie would drop these jewels on me when we’re working. He’s a real wise dude. He was the guy that was like, ‘you gotta start writing.’ he was like the way you tell jokes, you think in pictures and you can write. You should start doing it. And that was the big Nutty Professor breakthrough.”
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