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DENZEL SECRETS REVEALED IN NEW BOOK: Actor nixed love scene with Julia Roberts out of respect for black women; other tidbits in ‘Off the Record.’
*In new book “Off the Record,” a collection of celebrity interviews conducted by Newsweek reporter Allison Samuels, Denzel Washington reveals that he refused to do a love scene with Julia Roberts in 1993’s “The Pelican Brief” out of loyalty to his female African-American fan base.
Washington explained to Samuels: "Black women are not often seen as objects of desire on film. And they have always been my core audience."
The Oscar-winning actor also said he turned down a starring role in the 1992 film “Love Field” opposite Michelle Pfeiffer because of the N-word.
"It was ni**er this and ni**er that. I wasn't going to be but so many ni**ers in a film," said Washington, who was replaced in the film by Dennis Haysbert.
Also included in “Off the Record” is Eddie Murphy, who says he wasn’t thinking straight when agreeing to star in the last two sequels for “Beverly Hills Cop.”
"There was no reason to do the third and fourth ones. I could tell they were bad — I read the script," Murphy said. "But when you never had money, you always want more, and you're worried you're going to run out."
Samuels told the Daily News that Murphy “is a sensitive guy about criticism,” having once tossed a friend of Samuels’ out of the room for saying that she didn’t like his music.
The late Tupac Shakur, also included in the book, told Samuels how much he loved Shakespeare, J.D. Salinger and the films "Ordinary People" and "Terms of Endearment."
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