In 2005, Landis relayed this to Collider.com: “The guy on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world – the most unpleasant, arrogant, bullish entourage… just an a55hole. However, Eddie is brilliant, and he and I have always worked together well; there’s never been an issue created. On Coming to America, we clashed quite a bit because he was such a pig; he was so rude to people. I was like, “Jesus Christ, Eddie! Who are you?” But I told him, “You can’t be late. If you’re late again, I quit.” We had a good working relationship, but our personal relationship changed because he just felt that he was a superstar and that everyone had to kiss his A$$. He was a jerk. But great – in fact, one of the greatest performances he’s ever given.”
