We are back with Eddie Murphy, and now we're
joined by your Coming 2 America co-star, who
happens to be your daughter.
Please welcome Bella Murphy.
Hi, Bella.
Hi, how are you?
I'm great.
It's so nice to meet you.
First of all, you're both in the same house, but where are you,
and where is your father?
I'm in this back house, and he's downstairs doing his thing.
OK, and he's looking at you right now.
Oh, now you're looking at each other.
OK, so-- no-- now?
OK.
So you're in the back house, and you live there?
No, oh yeah, I do.
I don't live in the back house.
I live in the house.
OK, why did he send you to the back house?
Why can't--
We call it back house.
I's the guest-- there's a guest house.
We call it the back house.
OK, because there's probably a front house.
There's probably side houses, all kinds of houses.
So congratulations, Bella.
This is your first movie.
What a great first movie to be in.
Yeah, it's amazing.
It's so crazy.
Have you been asking him for years to be in a movie?
Yeah, I wanted to do acting since I was in third grade.
So I was always asking, can I be in this one,
but we have a rule in our house.
We're not allowed to work in this industry until we're 18.
So it really wasn't until--
Wow, that's a good rule--
finish school, and 18.
Although we wouldn't have any childhood
films if everyone followed that rule, but anyway,
so tell everybody who you play in the movie.
OK, so I play Omma, who is one of the Akeem's three daughters.
She's the middle child, she's super studious and smart.
Little bit of a badass--
I get to beat up a couple of people, which is really
fun, sad as that sounds.
But she was really cool.
Yeah, it was great.
The movie is really great.
And so, did you feel pressure being in this movie
with your dad?
In the beginning, I was a little nervous.
I knew people probably were going to look at it
and be like, oh is she funny like her dad,
can she do this like her dad?
And I was definitely a little nervous going into it.
But once I got to set, everybody was so nice and welcoming.
And all those nerves kind of just went away,
and I just did my thing, which was really cool.
Yeah, very cool.
And what was it like to meet-- to work
with your daughter, Eddie?
Just a proud papa day.
Everyday go to work and you get that proud papa feeling
that you have when you go see your kid do something amazing,
only I'm at work, and like, my baby
girl was on the set with me, making a movie with me.
I was just super proud everyday.
Y'all are on the cover of Essence magazine.
Fantastic shot, so great.
So you grew up with so many people.
I mean, he knows everybody, and everyone comes to the house
all the time.
Who have you met that has been there that was amazing like,
oh my God, I just met so-and-so?
Yeah, so I remember-- actually, when you guys were talking
about that party--
it was at that party, I remember--
I forgot that famous people sometimes
show up to my dad's party, so I was very unprepared.
And I was in the dining room in my pajamas,
and then all of a sudden Jimmy Kimmel
started walking through the door, and then all
these other big celebrities.
And then Leonardo DiCaprio walked through the door,
and I started freaking out.
And I think my dad knew that Leonardo DiCaprio was coming,
but he didn't tell me because he wanted it to be a surprise.
But my sister Zola--
All my daughters of all ages love Leonardo DiCaprio.
Yes, we do.
Tell them-- not tell them till he was in the house.
Like I say, you know who downstairs right now?
Leonardo DiCaprio.
She run off--
But-- I immediately ran upstairs and told my sister.
And we came downstairs, and I just
lingered around him all night like a weirdo
and stared at him.
I'm sure he's used to it.
Yeah, he's very used to women lingering around him.
But he is such a great guy though.
He's just the sweetest guy, and he's funny, and he's smart.
I'm sure he was great with you.
Yeah, he was awesome-- such a nice person.
Yeah, so Eddie, she's-- you're 19, right, Bella?
Mhm.
Right, so Eddie, you were 19 when you were on SNL.
Were you-- how are you all similar at that age?
Well, I don't know.
I don't know if anyone's similar to me.
I was a unique bird.
Well, I agree with you there.
There's nobody like you, Eddie.
You are a special human being.
Coming 2 America is out on Amazon Prime Video
this Friday--
really, really funny.
It's great to see that the movie is back, and Bella, so
nice meeting you.
Thank you.
So nice meeting you too.
All right, Eddie, I hope to see you soon.
Good to talk to you, Ellen.
Always good to talk to you.
Love you, mama.
All right, love you too.
We'll be back.