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Actor Eddie Murphy is reviving his role as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, set to release on Netflix on July 3.
The forthcoming sequel will follow Axel’s return to Beverly Hills as he teams up with his daughter Jane’s ex-boyfriend, detective Bobby Abbott, after her life is threatened. The new characters will be played by Taylour Paige and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
This is the popular 1984 cop comedy franchise’s fourth instalment since 1994. Film crew includes Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the first and second instalments, as co-producer alongside Eddie.
The two announced earlier this month that fans can expect a follow up to the long anticipated sequel, which has been teased and postponed time and time again since the mid-1990s, as a fifth instalment is already in production.
“I did Beverly Hills Cop when I was 21. And I’m 63 now,” Eddie said in an interview. “It was my first movie that I’m the lead in. And if I travel overseas, they call me Axel Foley. To this day, they’ll call me Alex Foley,” he added.
Eddie also stated that he believes people are fond of the protagonist Axel for being ‘the everyman’.
“He’s not a superhero or super cop. He’s the everyman that rises to the occasion. I think that’s why people like him. And, more than anything, he’s funny.”
