"Eddie as Jerry Lewis and me as the De Niro character would be f---ing awesome," Davidson says. From The King of Staten Island to The King of Comedy? Pete Davidson had a blast starring opposite Eddie Murphy in their new action-comedy The Pickup,

A low-key Murphy, whose “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” sequel was released straight-to-streaming by Netflix last year, is the responsible adult here. Davidson, the Jerry Lewis to his Dean Martin, portrays a sentimentalized version of the idiots he sometimes plays. The substance of their more substantial conversations, when they have them, is change.