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What makes a movie star disappear? Most of the time, when one of the most recognisable faces simply suddenly drops off the cinematic map, there’s a good reason for it – whether that’s offscreen scandals (Kevin Spacey, for instance), or a flop so execrable that their reputation is immolated overnight (Mike Myers’s putrid The Love Guru). But when it comes to celebrity vanishing acts, there have been few so mysterious, and so unwelcome, as that of Eddie Murphy.
