Ryan Reynolds thinks one of the greatest injustices is “Eddie Murphy not having an Oscar for his roles in The Nutty Professor or The Klumps.
The Deadpool & Wolverine star made this comment during his appearance on an episode of the podcast Variety Awards Circuit.
His comment came when he was asked about the first film that made him “fall in love with movies.”
Although the 48-year-old couldn’t pinpoint one particular film, he mentioned 1986 coming-of-age drama Stand By Me, 1981 comedy Stripes, and 1987 adventure-comedy Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
But Murphy stood out as one of Reynolds favorite Hollywood stars.
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“I would watch Eddie Murphy’s stand-up comedy, and I would be doing, like, trying on clothes as a personality; I would be doing impressions of all of these people, all of the time, memorizing how they moved and what they did,” Reynolds said.
Along the line, Reynolds returned to discussing Murphy, particularly his role in the Nutty Professor and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps movie.
Ryan Reynolds believes that comedy should receive more serious consideration and acclaim from award bodies.
And one particular comedy performance that he thinks should have won an Oscar was Eddie Murphy.
It looks like the 1997 Oscars wouldn’t have gone down like they did if Ryan Reynolds was in charge, and Eddie Murphy wouldn’t have missed out on an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor franchise.
He went on to say,
“We sort of unnecessarily hurdle ourselves over comedy as a craft, and if you ask me, one of the greatest injustices is that Eddie Murphy doesn’t have an Oscar for The Nutty Professor or The Klumps,” Reynolds said.
Ryan Reynolds also expressed immense admiration for Murphy’s performance in the 1996 comedy, which saw the Beverly Hills Cop actor portray seven distinct characters under heavy prosthetics, often in the same scene.
“Just the fact that he could sit at a table and be 10 different characters at one table, that is singular,” Reynolds said.
“And that is a kind of talent that I don’t know that we’ve at this stage in our scientific journey of life could understand fully.”
Murphy has played multiple roles in a number of his films, including The Nutty Professor’s 2000 sequel The Klumps, Coming to America, Vampire in Brooklyn, Bowfinger, The Adventures of Pluto Nash Norbit, Meet Dave, Coming 2 America, and Candy Cane Lane.
However, his only Oscar nomination came for the musical drama Dreamgirls in 2007, though The Nutty Professor did win the Oscar for Best Makeup.
