After Kenny stars in Greta Gerwig’s hit movie, Barbie, actor Kingsley Ben-Adir steps into the shoes of the king of reggae, Bob Marley.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (The Williams Method) and produced by the singer’s family; With his children Ziggy and Cedella and his wife Rita Marley (played by Lashana Lynch in the film), Bob Marley: One Love traces the personal life and career of the singing icon who made reggae famous around the world during his nearly 20-year career. career of the year and inspired generations with a message of love and unity.
The feature film focuses on the icon’s life after his assassination attempt on December 3, 1976, and the creation of the album Exodus, which was named the best album of the 20th century. Time magazine in 1998.
Many Bob Marley songs appear in the film, with music directed by Stephen Marley, but Kingsley Ben Adair Is she really singing in a feature film?
Is that Kingsley Ben-Adre’s voice we hear in the movie?
This is Bob Marley’s original voice heard in most music scenes. However, on set, Kingsley Ben-Adir performed the songs himself for credibility. The actor also jokes about this and declares that he “He sang very unbalanced and broke the choir’s ears.”
However, during the scene in the feature film, Nesta performs “A song of redemptionhis children around the fire. That’s Kingsley Ben-Adir’s voice you hear in this sequence.
Kingsley Ben Adair
The actor tells us about this:We didn’t plan on me actually playing and singing. But I wanted to sing to understand the feeling and feel what Bob felt. And when they were messing around, Steven and Ziggy decided to keep my voice.– the actor adds: “I had good teachers, I had singing and guitar lessons for 8 months.”
I went to singing and guitar lessons for 8 months.
Necessary lessons after the actor said on the microphone of the American site Entertainment Weekly That he couldn’t sing or dance before playing Bob Marley. Also, the castings did not take place at the start.
Kingsley Ben-Adir has played on-screen characters like Malcolm X and Barack Obama, but never singers.
“When Ziggy offered me the role, I had a lot of reservations at first. I convinced myself that there was no point in auditioning because I can’t sing or dance. So I asked if they participated in any global research and they said yes. I said maybe they should do another one.”. He’s joking.

Kingsley Ben Adair
Unlimited access to personal family archives
And to succeed in portraying Bob Marley, Kingsley Ben-Adir talked a lot with the singer’s family and friends. The film crew had access to a wealth of public and private documents to bring the King of Reggae to life.
Kingsley Ben-Adir tells us: “I wasn’t imitating Bob, but I was trying to capture his spirit. Because it’s impossible to sing and dance like he did. There was something deeply spiritual about his movement, so I had to find his soul. And his family and friends were very supportive.
I had many personal conversations with Ziggy, Steven and his friends. I wanted to know who Bob Marley was in person, not who we saw in the media.
Marley’s family is imbued with spirituality.
Director Reynaldo Marcus Green Adds our microphone: “Ziggy Marley It was really at my disposal. Whether it was costume design or sets, I could ask what the houses or different locations looked like. And I had access to private archive footage that is not publicly available. We had access to family friends, music and unreleased tracks. So it was a veritable treasure trove of information, knowledge and resources. Just having that access was incredible. Not only for me, but also for the actors.

Kingsley Ben Adair
And then just seeing Ziggy, who looks so much like his father… just the way he walks, his mannerisms, his poses, I think it was immensely helpful for everyone on set. Marley’s family is imbued with spirituality. They carry on their father’s legacy and having them with us on this film was a real asset.”
The biggest challenge
Paradoxically, the most difficult thing for Kingsley Ben-Adir was not to sing, but to learn the Jamaican language. The latter also tells us “Jamaican patois was the hardest for me. It’s a language full of culture and I never speak it, so I had to learn it and it was very difficult.“And in order to be able to speak Jamaican, Kingsley Ben-Adir watched over 50 Bob Marley interviews to immerse himself in his speech and language.
The actor explains on EW’s microphone:I hired Jamaicans to come to my house to help me translate the passages I didn’t understand, and we ended up with several hundred pages of Bob’s documents written phonetically.
Bob Marley: One Love You can see it in theaters this Wednesday, February 14th.
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