By Lee Pfeiffer
He was acknowledged as a comedic genius during his meteoric rise to fame in the 1980s. However, in later years Eddie Murphy has been the subject of derisive press reports. He's been called an elitist, an egotist, a has-been and a recluse. In a rare interview with Rolling Stone, Murphy seems to take pains to come across as the foul-mouthed man of the street that helped him build his image- even though he knows lives in a mansion. He says he is quitting making the profitable but critically-despised family films that many feel sidetracked his career. He says he will only work when it's a special project, otherwise he's content to sit at home and "chill". He says plans have fallen through to revive the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise but he intends to produce it as a TV series focusing on Axel Foley's son (hey, there's an original concept). Murphy would appear occasionally in the show as Axel Foley. He also says he's toying with the idea of returning to standup comedy and elaborates on why he was furious with the cast of Saturday Night Live for years after he left the show. Murphy also tries to explain, in a convoluted and confusing manner, why he is alleged to have stormed out of the Oscar ceremonies several years ago when he didn't win for Dreamgirls. To read click here