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Within days of its exclusive premiere on Amazon Prime Video,
Coming 2 America became the most popular movie on the streaming platform that weekend. It is likely that many of the viewers who checked out the comedy sequel also made time to catch up on the original 1988 film,
Saturday Night Live veteran actually first brought his talent for playing multiple characters to the big screen in the original royal rom-com, which he does once again in the follow-up. Of course, part of the fun of
Coming 2 America is also seeing the return of supporting players like Arsenio Hall as Semmi, Shari Headley as Akeemâs bride Lisa, and, of course, the legendary James Earl Jones as Zamundaâs king, Jaffe Joffer. Yet, we should not forget the newcomers to the franchise (whom most of us were already well acquainted with) such as Jermaine Fowler, Tracy Morgan, and Leslie Jones.
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Director Craig Brewer said he came up with the idea to give a hat tip to Trading Places.
The Eddie Murphy comedy is also referred to in 1988 s Coming to America. I m still a believer that there s a crossover movie to do with Coming to America and Trading Places, Brewer told Insider. Coming 2 America is filled with callbacks to the first movie. But there s also a scene in the sequel that gives a shout out to another classic Eddie Murphy movie.
In the scene where Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler), the illegitimate son of Akeem (Eddie Murphy), goes for a job interview, he sits down and calls the person interviewing him (played by Colin Jost) Mr. Duke. That should ring a bell for Murphy fans, but then the next moment should really drive it home when Duke tells Lavelle to only call him Calvin because my father is Mr. Duke and my grandfather and great uncle who founded Duke & Duke.
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