Yahoo Autos After Eddie Murphy Said He And Raven-Symoné Were ‘Too Old’ For Dr. Dolittle 3, The Actress Is Weighing In
Can you believe that Raven-Symoné was only a pre-teen when she first played Charisse in Dr. Dolittle? This Disney Channel star is not a little girl anymore as she’s currently playing Raven in the That’s So Raven spinoff Raven’s Home while still in her ‘30s. While Eddie Murphy believes he and Symoné would be too old to take on Dr. Dolittle 3, she has an answer of her own.
Dr. Dolittle 2 was the last movie to feature both Eddie Murphy and Raven-Symoné with Kyla Pratt, who played John Dolittle’s other daughter Maya, getting bumped up to the lead for three more direct-to-DVD Dr. Dolittle movies. Charisse started the series in a less-prominent role in the first movie playing Dr. Dolittle’s tomboy daughter, only for her role to get bigger in the sequel when it’s discovered she can speak to animals like her father. While speaking to ET, Murphy explains why he didn’t continue his iconic role for more Dr. Dolittle movies after the sequel.
You know, it's funny, when I remember way back when they were trying to put together Dr. Dolittle 3 and the reason I didn't do that [is because] I was like, 'Raven [-Symoné] is a grown woman.' I said, 'I can't have no grown woman calling me Dad. But now we're here, we're really here, and I think it's cool 'cause we still look like ourselves.
