Pete Davidson recalls laughing out loud with Eddie Murphy on set
Pete Davidson, Eddie Murphy worked together in the action-comedy 'The Pickup’
Pete Davidson was thrilled to share the screen with his lifelong “hero,” Eddie Murphy, in the action-comedy The Pickup.
Pete and Eddie star as Travis and Russell, two security guards whose vehicle is hijacked by Zoe (Keke Palmer), a criminal on a mission to avenge her father by robbing a casino.
Expressing his admiration for Eddie, the SNL alum told PEOPLE, "He's the f---ing man. He's Eddie Murphy. There's only one. I was super geeked, [and I] obviously tried to play it cool."
Pete recalled the first time he acted alongside Eddie, outside the truck where they filmed most of their scenes.
The pair were often surrounded by people, so, as Pete explained, their bonding happened “gradually.”
"By the time we got into the truck, we were super tight," Pete said. "If I was just in a truck alone with him day one, I would've probably lost my f---ing mind. But it was gradual and it was eased in."
He added that after spending two to three months filming together in that truck, he was bursting with excitement.
"I was just screaming at my hero," Pete said of Eddie. "But we got on real fast and we had a really, really good time."
