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Article: Lela Rochon: scene stealer.(film actress)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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As the mischievous hooker Sunshine in the Eddie Murphy film Harlem Nights, Lela Rochon proved to be a major scene-stealer. Sunshine was smooth, elegant and thoroughly mesmerizing as a woman who could effortlessly bring a macho man to his knees.
Surprisingly, Sunshine was in the movie only about 10 minutes. Yet, seven years after the film was released, Rochon's scenes are still fresh and memorable. You have to mention only the name Sunshine and just watch how many faces, mainly male, nod vigorously or smile broadly.
Believe it or not, the same thing happened in her follow-up film Boomerang, in which she portrayed a sexy woman whom Eddie Murphy spotted in New ...