{"id":154715,"date":"2021-08-10T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=154715"},"modified":"2021-08-11T12:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:01:42","slug":"marlon-wayans-on-his-leading-role-in-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/marlon-wayans-on-his-leading-role-in-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlon Wayans On His Leading Role In “RESPECT”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen J. Wanjiru<\/a> talks with Marlon Wayans<\/strong> about his role as Ted White, Aretha Franklin’s first husband, in the music icon’s biopic ‘RESPECT<\/strong>;’<\/em> why he wanted to play a damaged character and his on and off screen chemistry with Jennifer Hudson<\/strong>. Watch interview below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Following the rise of Aretha Franklin\u2019s career from a child singing in her father\u2019s church\u2019s choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT<\/a> is the remarkable true story of the music icon\u2019s journey to find her voice. Hudson, who was personally hand-picked by Franklin to play her in the film, is joined by a stellar cast of stars including Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Forest Whitaker<\/strong>; Marlon Wayans<\/strong>; Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winner Audra McDonald<\/strong>; Multiple Grammy winning, and Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee Mary J. Blige<\/strong>; Marc Maron<\/strong>; Grammy and Tony-winner Heather Headley<\/strong>; Tony-winner Kimberly Scott<\/strong>; Emmy-nominee Tituss Burgess<\/strong>; Tony-nominee  Saycon Sengbloh<\/strong>; Tony-nominee Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan<\/strong>, and Skye Dakota Turner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIRECTOR:<\/strong> Liesl Tommy | SCREENPLAY BY:<\/strong> Tracey Scott Wilson | STORY BY:<\/strong> Callie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson | PRODUCERS:<\/strong> Harvey Mason Jr., Scott Bernstein, p.g.a., Jonathan Glickman, Stacey Sher | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: <\/strong>Jennifer Hudson, Liesl Tommy, Sue Baden-Powell, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with Respect<\/em>. Tommy is the first Black woman ever nominated for a Tony award for Best Direction of a Play in 2016 for Eclipsed, <\/em>and is an Associate Artist at the Berkeley Rep and an Artist Trustee with the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast & Characters<\/em>:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n