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Ziggy Marley thinks that the mixed response to 'Bob Marley: One Love' is fitting. The 55-year-old musician produced Reinaldo Marcus Green's biopic about his late reggae legend father and thinks the fact that audiences have enjoyed the flick more than critics would be appreciated by the 'Three Little Birds' singer. Ziggy told Variety: "I remember when reviews came in. It was like, 'Let's see what the people say.' That was my demeanour. "I was like, 'Yeah, this is actually perfect for something representing Bob. That the critics don't get it, but the people get it.' It was meant to be this way. ...
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Lashana Lynch would have turned down her role in 'Bob Marley: One Love' if the Jamaican accents were "watered down". The 36-year-old actress stars as the wife of the late music reggae legend in the new biopic but explained that in order to portray the "special time" and place that the story is set in, all of the cast had to be allowed to be "authentic" with the way they spoke on screen. She told Collider: "There's no other way to tell this story outside of being as authentic as possible to every inch of who Bob is right now, what he was, what he represents. Jamaica, especially Jamaica in the ‘...
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Lashana Lynch says playing Bob Marley's widow Rita Marley in 'Bob Marley: One Love' brought her a lot of "peace" in her own life. The 36-year-old star always learns something from the various characters she plays, and it was no different when she took on the role of the reggae legend's wife in the new biopic about his life. She told Film Stories Magazine: "I've been able to harness a stillness that I've been looking for in my life as me and as an artist and as a woman through learning about how much we're able to do everything. "Sometimes this industry can be so chaotic. Creating art can be so...
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Kingsley Ben-Adir "wanted to change everything" after first transforming into Bob Marley. The 37-year-old actor stars as the legendary reggae artist in the biopic ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ and has revealed he "felt stressed" when he first stepped onto set in full costume complete with dreadlocks. Speaking to Variety at the movie's Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday (06.02.24), he said: "Do you want an honest answer? I felt stressed. I wanted to change everything... I was pulling it up and messing it up. "You know, it was a process, so I took a while to ease in." Kingsley had to prepare for the biopi...
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Lashana Lynch has not been approached about a James Bond return. The 36-year-old actress played the role of Nomi – a character assigned the 007 codename after Bond retired from the secret service – in the 2021 movie 'No Time To Die' and has been suggested as a possible successor to Daniel Craig as the spy although she insists that she only signed up for one movie and questioned whether fans would want a female in the famous part. Asked about her chances of becoming Bond, Lashana told Entertainment Tonight: "Do you think people really want that? Do you think people are ready for that? "I signed...
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The director of 'Bob Marley: One Love' claims the reggae icon "is the most recognisable face on the planet" after Jesus. Reinaldo Marcus Green helmed the upcoming biopic about 'No Woman, No Cry' singer Marley and he insists his influence across the globe and his Rastafarian image rivals that of Christ. Speaking to Empire magazine, he said: "After Jesus, he's probably the most recognisable face on the planet! "Bob is uniquely universal. But I still felt like I didn't really know him, and that few people really do." 'Bob Marley: One Love' , which will be released in February, stars 'Barbie' acto...
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Sinead O’Connor wanted to be remembered as a “seed” that would never die. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, found dead in London aged 56 on 26 July, spoke out about how she thought she had the strength to live forever in the 2022 documentary ‘Nothing Compares’, which detailed her decades-long battle with her mental health and her relationship with her abusive mum. In a quote that fans are now saying could have been used as her epitaph, Sinead said about her critics in the film: “They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn’t die. They tried to bury me, they didn’t realise I was a seed.”...
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Sinéad O'Connor was hailed as a beacon of hope who led a tortured life at her private Muslim funeral. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was laid to rest on Tuesday (08.08.23) morning in her native Ireland after her death on 26 July in London aged 56, and was given a traditional Muslim burial after her 2018 conversion to the religion. Sinéad’s eulogy, read by Imam Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, said she had suffered more than “her share of hardship and adversity”. He added to mourners – who included the singer’s family as well as the president of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar...
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John Boyega and Denzel Washington’s son are in the running to play Levi Roots. The ‘Star Wars’ actor, 31, and ‘Tenet’ star John David Washington, 38, are part of the shortlist of stars wanted for the role of the British-Jamaican entrepreneur, 65, who went from musician to the founder of Reggae Reggae Sauce, which was backed on the BBC’s ‘Dragons' Den’ series. Levi said on BBC Radio 2 about his upcoming biopic: “I’ve just been sent the list (of actors), which is getting so exciting. “We’ve now got a director and I've been sent a list of some absolutely amazing actors to play me. “I would love f...
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Bob Marley planned to sleep rough when he first came to London. The 'One Love' hitmaker had been left stranded and penniless when he went to the UK in 1970 but befriended music executive Nigel Burlinson - who died last month aged 86 - and the Rondor Music Publishing administrator happily bailed the Jamaican singer out so he could find somewhere to sleep. In a tribute to Nigel for the Times newspaper, Lance Freed, former president of Rondor, recalled: “Marley was sitting alone in our offices looking rather lost and out of place. “While serving him tea and biscuits Nigel learnt that he had no mo...
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