From the New York Times, this is the interview.

I'm David Markeze.

Eddie Murphy has been so famous for so long

that it can be easy to take for granted or just plain overlook

how game-changing a figure he actually is. As a stand-up, he was a total rock star.

Eddie Murphy Raw from 1987 is the highest grossing stand-up comedy film ever released.

And he brought that sheer comedic firepower to TV too.

At the risk of overstating it, and I don't think I am, sheer comedic

fire power to TV too.

At the risk of overstating it, and I don't think I am,

he can take pretty much sole credit for

rescuing Saturday Night Live from its early 80s slump.

But he made his greatest mark in movies, where he became one of the biggest stars of all time.

He reached new heights of popularity and bankability, especially for a comedian,

and especially for a black actor.

He pioneered the action comedy genre with movies like Beverly Hills Cop in 48 hours.

And later he made classics out of family-friendly films too,

like the Nutty Professor in Shrek movies.

Simply put, there is American pop culture

before Eddie Murphy and American pop culture after Eddie Murphy.

And now he's returning to the character that sent his career to overdrive with Beverly Hills cop, Axel F.

It comes 40 years after the first film in the series, and Murphy is back as the wiscragon detective

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