\u201cI\u2019m getting ready to do a George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic. I\u2019m getting ready to do George Clinton,\u201d he told Al Roker about playing the funk music legend in an interview that aired July 28 on TODAY. <\/p>\n
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Eddie Murphy is ready to take over a beloved comedy role when he plays Inspector Clouseau.TODAY<\/p>\n
\u201c(I\u2019ve) already started \u2018Shrek 5.\u2019 And I\u2019m going to be \u2014 I\u2019m Inspector Clouseau in the next \u2018Pink Panther,'” he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWait, what?\u201d asked a surprised Al.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I\u2019m the new Clouseau,\u201d Murphy replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re the new Inspector Clouseau?\u201d Al asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I\u2019m the new Clouseau,\u201d the \u201cBeverly Hills Cop\u201d star<\/a> confirmed.<\/p>\n Al then asked if Murphy, 64, will be French in the film, like the character is.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe,\u201d he coyly responded while laughing. \u201cWell, he has to be French, but he could also be Haitian. I will tell you, he\u2019s Black. He\u2019s Black, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n The role of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau was originated by Peter Sellers in 1963\u2019s \u201cThe Pink Panther,” and he appeared in multiple sequels before his death. <\/p>\n Steve Martin took on the role in the 2006 reboot \u201cThe Pink Panther,” and reprised the part in \u201cThe Pink Panther 2\u201d in 2009.<\/p>\n Murphy, who has been linked to Inspector Clouseau for years<\/a>, also has his eyes on another famous 1960s film, previously saying he’s interested in remaking the 1963 comedy \u201cIt\u2019s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Murphy acknowledged his roles have have changed over the years, as he\u2019s shifted away from the wisecracking upstart to a more mature presence.<\/p>\n \u201cUsually I\u2019m the young maverick guy. And now \u2018I\u2019m the old voice of reason,\u201d he said, while also pointing out the trouble that comes with doing action films when you’re not so young anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you get our age, you have to pay,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf you whip somebody\u2019s ass when you\u2019re our age, you kind of whip your own ass, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Murphy is going to think pink. The comedy legend has revealed that he will take on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-28998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Peter](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pink-panther-zz-250728-02-3758a4.jpg\")
Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau from 1963’s “The Pink Panther.”Art Zelin \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n![\"Steve](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pink-panther-zz-250728-01-a31bb5.jpg\")
Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau from 2006’s “The Pink Panther.”Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n