During his Hot 97 interview, Omari recalled the time where he remembers getting more respect as an actor. According to him, that was during season 4 of Power and due to the fact that he was stripped of “Ghost’s” business suits ad clean shaven appearance and ‘spent most of that season in orange jumpsuits. Therefore, says Omari, his acting abilities were not hidden behind the ‘look’ of Ghost, and were instead placed into the forefront of the viewers’ minds.
While discussing season 4, Omari also said he regrets fighting Charlie Murphy back in that scene, because he had no idea the beloved Murphy was in his last days. He admitted that had he been informed of that fact, he would have pulled Courtney Kemp (co-executive producer of Power) to the side and politely declined the fight scene with Charlie.
However, the Power star is also aware that Charlie Murphy kept his illness away from most people who knew him and/or worked with him. So no one, including Power’s execs were probably aware of Charlie’s then dire situation. Check out what he said about this below:
Hardwick- “In reality it was season 4, where everyone went, ‘Ohhh…he’s an actor!’…because season 4 is when I had on an orange jumpsuit for most of the season. I didn’t have the trickery of the suits. I didn’t have a clean face, it was scruffy…”
I had -rest in peace- very skinny, great comedic timing brother of Eddie Murphy-Charlie Murphy, beatin’ my a$$, who had I known he was dying of cancer, I would’ve looked at Courtney and gone, ‘I can’t do that’…unless you change the storyline. I can’t fight him BACK.”
