Celebrity Parade With Jeanne Wolf

Murphy, Perlman and Fraser talk about their latest big screen roles.

ByABC News
July 9, 2008, 1:27 PM

July 11, 2008 — -- EDDIE MURPHY

Eddie Murphy is taking on the smallest role of his career in "Meet Dave." The flip side of being large and heavy in "The Nutty Professor." Eddie is a creature from another planet who's less than two inches tall. Of course, when he comes to earth he's disguised as a human. Enough about the plot. Eddie just loves those off-the-wall comedies. He told me,:

"Well when I do these pictures, this is my comfort level. Doing a movie like this, even though technically there's so much more that goes into a movie like this and doing something like Dreamgirls – this is easier for me to do. When I'm going for the laugh, I know how to go for the laugh. And doing something like Dreamgirls, it's dramedy, you're trying to catch these dramatic moments and dancing and singing, and that was really scary. But this is like, this is where I come from... this is all the same root from Saturday Night Live and "Coming to America," "The Nutty Professor," this is all that stuff."

Okay, forget the special effects it took to make "Meet Dave." -- there's nothing computer generated about Eddie's comic talent.

BRENDAN FRASER

"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a wild ride, especially in 3D. When you put on those glasses, everything from a T-Rex to vicious man-eating giant fish are in your face. But what really makes the action exciting is Brendan Fraser and his co-stars who face up to the terror filled challenges. Brendan reveals he felt that pain,:

"You saw our faces-- that was really us. We really were getting plunged underwater. We were coming bouncing down off of what we affectionately dubbed 'the cheese grater wall' because it was made of this sort stucco to create a rocky surface. And, one misstep, and 'Zing,' raspberry on the elbow. 'Hook me up with another Sponge Bob band-aid.' Let's just say there's little acting required. But it can be slightly perilous and bruised knees, displaced joints and sore muscles can ensue."

Poor Brendan, he got more hard knocks in the latest sequel to "The Mummy" – "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" coming later this summer.