Coming to America (1988): 28 Secrets Hidden For Decades

Coming to America (1988): 28 Secrets Hidden For Decades Coming to America hid a secret that could've ended the movie before it started. For almost four decades, audiences thought they knew everything about the film, but what was really happening behind the scenes would have sent everyone sitting in those theaters into shock. Secrets hidden so deep that even loyal fans never discovered them. What really happened while making this classic? And how much of it was intentionally hidden? Join us as we uncover twenty-eight secrets from Coming to America hidden for decades. The basic premise of Coming to America had been pitched to Paramount by somebody else long before Eddie Murphy ever set foot on a set as Prince Akeem. In nineteen eighty two, the columnist and humorist Art Buchwald brought the studio a treatment about a wealthy African ruler who travels to America, loses his status, and must find his way in an unfamiliar world before settling down with an American woman. Paramount picked up the rights, worked on the idea for years, and then quietly dropped it.