The most obvious example is his most recent movie, Coming 2 America, in which he stars alongside one of his heroes, Eddie Murphy, in the sequel to the 1988 hit film. Fowler always wanted to get into entertainment, even as a shy kid who worked production in school plays in Prince Georges County, Maryland. The actor didnt see Murphys stand-up comedy special Raw until his late teens, about 20 years after it premiered. When his neighbor gave him a VHS copy, he watched it three times that day. Raw showed him that his path to Hollywood would be through stand-up.