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With a new documentary about his life making waves, Eddie Murphy is taking the time to reflect on the highs and lows of his era-defining career.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote “Being Eddie,” Murphy opened up about her once tumultuous relationship with director John Landis, who appears in the documentary.

“That heat I had with John Landis 35 or 40 years ago, that was a long time ago,” explained the actor and comedian. “I love John and he directed two of the best films of my career: ‘Trading Places’ and ‘Coming to America.’ For years we didn’t have any heat.”

To emphasize his point, he added: “We even made a movie after that shit. John Landis directed ‘Beverly Hills Cop III.'” The movie sucked, but afterwards we were friends.”

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The feud between Landis and Murphy first became public after the two worked on “Coming to America,” released in 1988. At a press conference to promote the film, Murphy reportedly told the crowd, “Vic Morrow has a better chance of working with Landis than I do.”

The reference to Morrow was particularly stinging. The actor was among three who died in a helicopter crash while on the set of “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” partially directed by Landis, in 1982.

Although Landis was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Morrow’s death, his reputation in Hollywood was severely damaged. He was also said to have been angry with Murphy when the actor failed to appear during the criminal trial.

Speaking to Rolling Stone in 1989, Murphy said he had asked Landis to direct “Coming to America” at a time when the filmmaker’s “career was hanging by a thread” following the “Twilight Zone” trial.

“I thought the guy was nice to me when I did ‘Trading Places,’ so I’d give it a chance,” he said at the time. “I’m a popular actor in this town, and for a guy as fucked up as him to get a job with me gave him renewed credibility.”

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Elsewhere in his chat with Rolling Stone, Murphy criticized Landis for “screwing me up,” though he didn’t offer details about what that entailed.

“Now he’s got a hit movie on his resume, a movie that made over $200 million, instead of coming off a couple of fucked-up movies, which is where I’d rather see him now,” he said.

Landis, whose last film was the 2010 black comedy “Burke & Hare,” is among many notable stars appearing in “Being Eddie.” Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Jamie Newsx, Chris Rock and Tracee Ellis Ross also make appearances.

“The only time the public usually sees me is when I’m promoting a movie, so they never really see me,” Murphy told Netflix’s Tudum of his interest in appearing in the documentary. “They’re seeing my comic character, doing my thing. But in the documentary, this is me. This is my house, this is my family, and this is how I did it. For the first time, they’re getting a look at me.”