Kingsley Ben-Adiris no stranger to portraying legendary men but nothing could prepare him for the challenge of becomingBob Marley.
Never, he admitted.
You cant play him.
Kinglsey Ben-Adir as Bob Marley in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’.Chiabella James/Paramount Pictures
No one can play him.
Bobs legit one of those characters where you go, Who can play Bob?
With Malcolm, it was the same thing.
Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’.Chiabella James/Paramount Pictures
Its like, you cant play that.
You just know it.
I cant play that."
One thing that made me feel at my core most is being with Kingsley, she said.
When we got on set it felt like we just automatically had that…
I was like, Calm down.
And I love that he didnt take that disrespectfully.
He was like Nah, yeah, I need to calm down.
I need to drink some water.
I may need to get some sleep.
We had an understanding and we knew that at our core we had something.
Directed byKing Richards Reinaldo Marcus Green,One Loveoffers an intimate portrait of Marleys life and fame.
