Simply days after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award on the Golden Globes (and dropping a much-discussed Will Smith joke) Eddie Murphy continued his triumphant return to the highlight on the premiere for his latest characteristic movie, Netflix’s You Folks. 

Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nia Lengthy, Lauren London, David Duchovny and director Kenya Barris all walked the purple carpet in Westwood on Tuesday to rejoice the comedy that examines problems with race and sophistication in Los Angeles. The movie is centered across the interracial relationship between Ezra (performed by Jonah Hill) and Amira (performed by London) and follows the clashes, conflicts and misunderstandings that happen when their households meet.

Along with directing, Barris co-wrote the script with Hill (who was not current on the occasion after saying final 12 months he would now not participate in press excursions to guard his psychological well being), and Barris informed The truestarz how he and the actor first got here collectively as collaborators. 

“I used to be an enormous fan of Jonah for years. We began texting forwards and backwards as a result of I actually beloved [Hill’s feature directorial debut] Mid90s, and we began speaking about movie,” Barris defined. “He was in an interracial relationship on the time, and we began having that dialog. We had been each from L.A. and we had been like, ‘There’s by no means been a love letter to L.A. from our technology.’ We wished to jot down a love letter to L.A., a love letter to the tradition. And I believe that’s hopefully what comes throughout to the viewers.”

Whereas Barris could have been a fan of Hill’s, the movie’s castmembers had been all clearly huge followers of Murphy’s, they usually shared the joy in working with the legendary comic. 

Louis-Dreyfus performs Hill’s mom Shelley, and regardless of her contentious onscreen relationship with Murphy, she informed THR that it was “tremendous enjoyable” to reunite together with her outdated co-star.

“I do know Eddie from again within the day as a result of we had been on SNL collectively, so it was like a highschool reunion and it was actually enjoyable to leap again on the courtroom and simply begin enjoying once more,” the star mentioned.

These emotions had been echoed by Anthony Anderson, who starred in Barris’ hit sitcom Black-ish and likewise has a cameo position in You Folks.

“Eddie and I’ve labored collectively earlier than; our first film was Life, over 25 years in the past,” Anderson remembered. “To change into private mates with him through the years and to be again onscreen with him once more in You Folks is a superb second for all of us, and to see him again on the massive display is gorgeous.”

And whereas some co-stars had been having reunions with Murphy, the movie’s youthful stars may solely specific their admiration for the person who outlined comedy once they had been rising up. Sam Jay, who performs Ezra’s finest pal, Mo, beamed when requested if she grew up a fan of his work.

“I used to be born within the ’80s so I believe that it will be unattainable to not be,” Jay teased. “Once I met him I attempted to not fan-girl out. I might simply be nervous inside my very own physique after which run off to the toilet and scream.”

You Folks debuts on Netflix on Jan. 27.