{"id":159745,"date":"2022-02-11T22:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T03:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=159745"},"modified":"2022-02-11T22:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T03:25:42","slug":"kingsley-ben-adir-tapped-by-paramount-to-play-iconic-reggae-singer-bob-marley-in-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/kingsley-ben-adir-tapped-by-paramount-to-play-iconic-reggae-singer-bob-marley-in-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingsley Ben-Adir Tapped by Paramount To Play Iconic Reggae Singer Bob Marley in Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>British actor <strong>Kingsley Ben-Adir<\/strong> (previously played President Barack Obama on Showtime&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Comey Rule<\/em>\u00a0and Malcolm X in\u00a0<em>One Night in Miami<\/em>) has been tapped by Paramount to play the iconic reggae legend <strong>Bob Marley <\/strong>with\u00a0Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) directing, as reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/02\/kingsley-ben-adir-bob-marley-paramount-1234931170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley and Cedella Marley will also produce on behalf of Tuff Gong. Robert Teitel will also produce. Script is by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, but in that short lifetime he changed the landscape of music, introducing generations to reggae with such songs as \u201cGet Up, Stand Up,\u201d \u201cOne Love,\u201d \u201cNo Woman, No Cry,\u201d \u201cCould You Be Loved,\u201d \u201cBuffalo Soldier,\u201d \u201cJammin\u2019\u201d and \u201cRedemption Song.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated in Deadline \u2014  sources say Paramount execs and Green saw endless tests and met with dozens of actors vying for the role, but in recent weeks Ben-Adir began putting himself in pole position before ultimately winning the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kingsley Ben-Adir<\/strong>\u00a0is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in\u00a0London\u00a0theatres. He played pathologist Marcus Summer in\u00a0ITV&#8217;s detective drama\u00a0<em>Vera<\/em>\u00a0and private detective Karim Washington on the second season of the Netflix series\u00a0<em>The OA<\/em>.\u00a0From 2017 to 2019, he appeared in series four and five of the\u00a0BBC One\u00a0television series\u00a0<em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>. In 2020, he starred as\u00a0Malcolm X\u00a0in the\u00a0Amazon Studios\u00a0film\u00a0<em>One Night in Miami.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as he is set to play the villain in Marvel\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Secret Invasion,&nbsp;<\/em>starring Samuel L. 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