Keke Palmer revealed how she managed her admiration for Eddie Murphy whereas filming The Pickup, selecting professionalism over fan-girling on set.

Keke Palmer held again her interior superfan whereas working alongside Eddie Murphy on the set of The Pickup, a brand new heist comedy now streaming on Prime Video, selecting professionalism over peppering the comedy legend with questions.

The actress, identified for her roles in Scream Queens and Nope, instructed Entertainment Weekly that she and co-star Pete Davidson made a aware effort to keep away from overwhelming Murphy with curiosity about his decades-long profession.

“I asked him questions and stuff, but it was kinda like being on set with the wise sage, so I didn’t want to overdo it,” Palmer stated. “Me and Pete talked about that all the time, where it’s like — you want to know so much and you could literally spend every day interviewing him, but you also want to be respectful of the fact that this isn’t an interview and this is his job and we’re at work. So I was really trying to be as professional as possible.”

Palmer, who grew up watching Murphy’s iconic movies along with her father, stated his work holds deep private that means. But it wasn’t till the press tour that she felt a deeper reference to the Beverly Hills Cop star.

“After the movie, when you get to spend more time together off-set, obviously, you do get familiar with people, and I think I started to see that Eddie really got me just as much as I got him,” she stated. “It’s been really cool because when we were doing press, he said that I reminded him of him. I had no idea that he was watching me, or that he was aware of me, and that really touched me.”

The Pickup, which pairs Murphy’s sharp comedic timing with a brand new technology of expertise, is at the moment out there for streaming on Prime Video.

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