Eddie Murphy played a huge part in Jamie Foxx doing the 2006 picture Dreamgirls . Foxx initially wasn’t that committed until learning one of his idols would be a part of the picture. How Jamie Foxx ended up in ‘Dreamgirls’ Foxx ended up adding even more star-power to the already star-studded Dreamgirls .
The movie cast already huge names like Murphy, Beyoncé, and Jennifer Hudson for the project. But when the critically acclaimed feature was first brought to Foxx, he confided that he wasn’t too receptive to the role. Foxx was asking for a particular salary to appear in Dreamgirls , but his asking price was so high that negotiations broke down.
It wasn’t until Foxx found out who he’d be working with that he decided his salary wouldn’t matter. “The first time, it was just me in the movie – no Eddie Murphy, no Beyoncé. Then I hear Eddie’s doing it, and I’m like: ‘Hey, pay me a dollar.
’ I hear Beyoncé’s doing it : ‘Pay me a quarter.’ I just wanted to be part of that,” Foxx once said according to Irish Examiner . “At the end of the day, who cares, man? It’s Eddie Murphy.
He’s my hero.” Foxx also believed that the quality of the movie would’ve been worth more than any paycheck the film could’ve afforded him. “If Dreamgirls works out as I think it will, it will be the greatest thing in the world, a real event.
Maybe you won’t get $15m, maybe you get $3m , maybe $2m...
you are getting more than a paycheck,” Foxx added. Jamie Fox.