"The closest thing to pressure is, like, on Twitter, when somebody says, 'Don't you f**k up our movie!" he added. In it, he plays Prince Akeem, an African royal who. Because Coming to America is fundamentally a romantic comedy, Akeem naturally stumbles before finding common ground, and love, with Lisa.
"There was no pressure because when we decided we were gonna make the movie, we had worked on the script for four years, and we had the script right," he shared. "So once the script is right, you know, there's no pressure." The sequel to 1988's Coming to America follows Murphy's character, Prince Akeem, as he discovers he has a long-lost son, but it also features his real-life daughter, Bella, whom he shares. But it wasnt until John Landis Coming to America that he finally got to put those skills to the test. The Prince learns about local culture and forms a strong friendship with his boss' daughter, Lisa ( Shari Headley ). However, the legendary comedian says that getting to make the project on his own terms made it easier and more fun. Yes, the celebritys biological daughter, Bella Murphy, is in his latest motion picture The 19-year-old plays Omma, one of three princesses of Prince/King Akeem, aka Eddie Murphys character. The long-awaited sequel is coming out over three decades after the original, which is regarded by many to be one of the best comedies of Eddie's career.