How The Worst Beverly Hills Cop Movie Gets Roasted in Axel F

In an interview with Jake Hamilton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was asked about the reference that’ll no doubt get a giggle from some audience members and admitted that the film’s frontman was fine with its inclusion. Regarding the third film’s less-than-stellar legacy, Levitt admitted, “A lot of people [like it] and a lot of people don’t. I’ll tell you who doesn’t like it…Eddie Murphy.”
Over the years, Murphy has spoken openly about the threequel which, understandably, left him hesitant to ever put on the Detroit jacket a fourth time. Speaking to Playboy in 2015, Murphy didn’t hold back when he discussed the prospect of reprising the role. “That movie has to be right. The third ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ was garbage. Those movies, when I travel overseas, people say, ‘Hey, Beverly Hills Cop! Axel Foley!’ They call me that s**t,” the actor said, acknowledging his character’s enduring popularity. “All the movies I’ve done, and they call me that. If we do that movie, it has to be right. Not just thrown together to get a big check. I don’t need any more of those.”
As for Levitt, the actor said that he hasn’t seen “Beverly Hills Cop 3,” and he doesn’t plan to check it off the list any time soon given Murphy’s view on it. “He speaks openly about not liking that movie and I will openly admit, I have not seen part three, and when I told him that he was like, ‘See! See!'”