Washington, April 2 -- Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy opened up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised.

In Apple TV+'s new documentary, 'Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood', he shared that the Oscar winner advised him not to join the cast of 1992's 'Malcom X', according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film was first directed by Norman Jewison, the director of Poitier's In the Heat of the Night, who cast Denzel Washington in the starring role before Spike Lee took over as director.

"They were talking about doing Malcolm X," Murphy recalled. "Norman Jewison was putting it together. They were gonna use The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley. And they approached me about playi...