Rudy Ray Moore and his singular brand of comedy captured Eddie Murphy‘s imagination from a young age. Later, he would meet and get to know Moore before the elder comedian died, in 2008, at 81. In interviews conducted in Toronto and Los Angeles, The Times asked the “Dolemite Is My Name” team: Who was Rudy Ray Moore? “Rudy Ray Moore was the crudest,” Murphy said. “When the opportunity came, I was like, ‘I get to do a show with Rudy Ray Moore?

Source: Los Angeles Times October 20, 2019 22:29 UTC