NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Keke Palmer says she bonded with co-star Eddie Murphy on the set of their action-comedy, The Pickup, by telling the comedy legend how much she loved his 1996 movie, The Nutty Professor.
"I asked him his favorite movie that he's ever done and it was the same movie of mine that he's ever done, which is The Nutty Professor, because those characters that he made were so real," Palmer, 31, said during a recent virtual press conference with the cast.
"Every single character was so truthful. It was comedy, but it was truthful and I really do feel like working on The Pickup prepared me for one of them days, because I got to watch a master class of him continuously playing the truth in every improvisation, every joke. The situation was the comedy and he always knew how to add to it in just the right way. It was an honor. I can't wait to do it again. Call me, Eddie!"
Murphy, 64, said he was aware Palmer was studying him throughout the entire production.
"I felt that. I felt that," Murphy laughed. "I was like: 'There she goes again. She's always taking little peeps at me.'"
