“The real deal is, when you’re in a situation like that, you wanna be a part of an Eddie Murphy movie. I wasn’t gonna say no,” Bell Calloway expressed. “I would’ve loved to have had the lead part, but I was very happy to be in the movie. I can’t lie about that. I said, ‘I’ll make the best out of this, and I’ll be the best.’ It was a smaller role, but it was a glamorous part to play. And Shari did a great job.”
The actress may be on to something. In the original film, Lisa was portrayed as the older light-skinned sister who had it all– a steady boyfriend and a prince vying for her affection. Her younger dark-skinned sister, Patrice (played by Allison Dean), was envious of her sister’s life and was her sibling’s antagonist in the movie.
Bell Calloway will appear in Coming To America 2.
Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, and KiKi Layne will also star alongside Murphy.
This article was written Keka Araújo for Black Enterprise.