It looks like the long-awaitedComing to Americasequelisn’tEddie Murphy‘s only reunion this year.
The actor met up with the grown-up former child star of his 1986 hitThe Golden Childat theToronto International Film Festivalthis weekend, more than three decades after the film hit screens.
Murphy, 58, posed for a photo with Jasmin L. Reate, who played the title role inThe Golden Childas a kid. It remains her one and only film role.
“He was just as kind as I remembered him when I was 6,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
Reate, 39, was on hand at the festival asTHR’s executive director of events.
The Golden Childstarred Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a social worker dubbed “The Chosen One” who is tasked with saving Reate’s mystical (and kidnapped) “Golden Child,” who is considered the savior of humankind.
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The biopic stars Murphy as real-life comedian Rudy Ray Moore, who used the character Dolemite to become a Blaxploitation icon in the ‘70s.
Dolemitereceived rave reviews following its TIFF premiere, with many critics praising Murphy’s performance as a return to form for the actor, who has released just two films in the last seven years.
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As part of his continued return to the spotlight, Murphy is alsoset to hostSaturday Night Live’s Christmas episode, his first time leading the show in 35 years.
He’s also plotting astand-up comedy tourfor 2020 and will star in the highly anticipated sequel toComing to America.
“I was on the couch for maybe five, six years, and now it’s time to get off the couch,” hetold PEOPLE. “I was on the couch because I was rested, I mean I was tired. I’d been making movies and doing this stuff for so long I just needed time to be on the couch. Now, I’m off and[Dolemite] kind of lit a spark because it turned out so well and it got the creative juices flowing.”
source: people.com
