Coming 2 America
Carla Farmer and Stacey Morris, hair department heads for the beloved 1988 film’s sequel, share their inspiration for styling fan favorites and new characters alike.
Over three decades ago, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall starred in the iconic comedy
Coming to America, delivering plenty of lines, scenes and styles remembered and quoted often today.
In the sequel
Coming 2 America, Murphy’s Prince Akeem and Hall’s Semmi as well as many more beloved characters are enjoying life in the kingdom of Zamunda. But when Akeem learns his long-lost son Javelle Junson (Jermaine Fowler) might be the only option to make peace with the neighboring country, Nextdoria, a quick trip back to Queens is in order.
The beloved 1988 film
Coming to America is back. Instead of jetsetting to America to find love, Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Semmi (Arsenio Hall), travel from their royal home of Zamunda to look for Prince Akeemâs long-lost son, Javelle Junson (Jermaine Fowler) â all while attempting to make peace with the neighbouring country, Nextdoria. Although much has changed in the lives of the characters this time around, one constant is the regal beauty looks.
âThe main overall inspiration of the beauty look for the film was derived from the Afro-Punk movement,â says Carla Farmer, one of the movieâs lead hairstylists. Farmer handled hair styles for the women of the film, as well as creating and cutting wigs alongside Stacey Morris, Eddie Murphyâs personal barber and the lead barber on the film. âWe took a lot of inspiration from that movement â to make [the beauty] modern and bring it to the surface.â Kiki Layne, who plays Meeka, one of the p