Eddie Murphy is opening up like by no means earlier than, and one of many wildest revelations from his new Netflix documentary, “Being Eddie,” includes a Hollywood legend, a birthday milestone, and a proposition he by no means noticed coming. Within the doc, Murphy, now 64, recollects a stunning encounter from the night time he turned 21, one which concerned “The Ten Commandments” star Yul Brynner.

Murphy celebrated his twenty first birthday on the iconic Studio 54, the place he claims Brynner, then some of the recognizable faces in Hollywood, approached him with a proposition. “My twenty first party I had at Studio 54,” Murphy stated. “Yul Brynner, ‘Ten Commandments,’ he was together with his spouse, and he was like, ‘How would you want to return to my residence with my spouse and I and get together?’ And I used to be like, ‘Nah, I am cool!'”

Murphy says the second did not totally click on till years later. “And I noticed as I obtained older, his spouse was smiling,” he continued. “Did he need me to go f-ck his spouse?”

The comic joked that the story may’ve was a Hollywood legend if he’d made a unique selection. “The story would [have] ended higher,” he laughed. “You realize, ‘Yeah, I went again to Yul Brynner’s and f-cked his spouse, and he was watching me going, ‘Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!'”

Brynner died simply three years later in 1985, following a battle with lung most cancers. Though he was married 4 instances, data present he was not married in 1982, leaving followers questioning who the thriller girl might have been.

Past the headline-making Studio 54 second, Murphy additionally will get deeply private within the documentary, particularly in relation to household. In a current interview with PEOPLE, the comic revealed the one factor he prides himself on most as a father of 10.

“My superpower is that I’m at all times, at all times current,” he stated on the movie’s premiere in Los Angeles. “Speak to one in all my children anytime of day and ask, ‘The place’s your dad proper now?’ they usually can take a look at their watch and inform you actually what a part of the home I am in. Dad is at all times current and at all times has been.”

Murphy first turned a father in 1989 with the delivery of his son Eric.

Over time, he welcomed a complete of 10 kids, together with 5 with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell (Bria, Myles, Shayne, Zola, and Bella); Angel with former Spice Lady Melanie “Mel B” Brown; Christian with Tamara Hood; and his youngest kids, Izzy and Max, with spouse Paige Butcher.

“Being Eddie” additionally delves into the a part of Murphy’s life he now considers his best position: fatherhood. Married to Paige Butcher, the actor opened up about how elevating ten kids basically reshaped him from a self-focused younger celebrity right into a grounded, family-centered dad. “My children are the middle of every part,” he stated. “Earlier than children, it is nearly you; upon getting children, it is all about them.”

Murphy admitted that earlier than settling into household life, he lived on a way more chaotic schedule. “I used to remain up two days typically earlier than going to mattress,” he recalled. However every part modified when he met Butcher. “Once I met [second wife Paige Butcher], I obtained extra on her schedule, and now we watch two episodes of ‘Seinfeld’ and go to mattress.”