Rush Hour Was Almost Made With Jackie Chan and This Oscar Nominated Actor, Not Chris Tucker

Rush Hour Was Almost Made With Jackie Chan and This Oscar Nominated Actor, Not Chris Tucker

Rush Hour could have been a completely different film, and Eddie Murphy has admitted it. Yes, the Oscar-nominated actor is among the many Hollywood stars who regret a role they passed on to this day. In an interview with Speedy Morman on 360 with Speedy (via Complex), Murphy opened up about choosing Holy Man over the role of Detective James Carter, a part that eventually went to Chris Tucker and became one of the defining buddy-cop performances …