Eddie Murphy once turned Martin Lawrence down for a photo…

Martin Lawrence recently spoke in front of a packed audience for an AFI tribute for Eddie Murphy and related the story of how he once tried to take a photo with Murphy when he was a famous A-lister while Lawrence was still young and unknown.

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"Eddie Murphy introduced us to comedy in rockstar fashion," said Lawrence. Maybe a little too rockstar, after Lawrence's fan approach.

"Eddie was leaning over so cool," Lawrence said. "I said, 'Eddie Murphy, I'm Martin Lawrence. Brother, can I take a picture with you?' Eddie looked at me so smooth and cool. He looked me in the eyes, and he said, 'No.' And my face was cracked."

Murphy, sitting next to his wife Paige Butcher in the audience of Los Angeles' Dolby Theater, laughed and clapped at Lawrence's story, which featured the young comic settling for a photo with "Raw" director Robert Townsend.

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The two are now in-laws as their children married each other and share a grandchild with them.

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