Kevin Macdonald Jamming On Bob Marley Docu

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• This could be a great film. Love MacDonald’s work, namely “The Last King of Scotland”. Anyone know who is signed up to script this Marley story?

  (Also, what ever you do, Mr. MacDonald, please do not — I REPEAT — do NOT cast Terrence Howard as Bob Marley, no matter how great the temptation might be… Loved him in Hustle & Flow, but he’s lost a bit of bloom with a case of “mumble-itis” in the “Law and Order: Los Angeles” mess)

  That said, who would YOU cast as Bob Marley?

  A well-known person or a complete unknown?

  Comment by bobby the saint — Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 1:29pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I think the only guy who fits my mental image and can play is Andre Royo, maybe too old for the part but he could pass and is great actor.

    Comment by AIM FOR THE BUSHES — Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 2:47pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I completely agree on the Terrence Howard comment. I can’t see him portraying Bob at all and it would be a tragedy if someone miscast him in this role. Maybe I’m wrong, but I would like Anthony Mackie in this role. If he can’t play Hendrix, why not Marley? Thoughts?

    Comment by Gunther — Thursday February 3, 2011 @ 12:01pm PST  Reply to this post

• Oops. I see that Macdonald is helming a DOCUMENTARY, not a biopic. My bad. I read it too quickly.

  Comment by bobby the saint — Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 1:33pm PST  Reply to this post

• Jonathan Demme is doing a Doc on Marley and that it has been in the works for at least a year… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183919/

  Comment by jvh007 — Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 3:15pm PST  Reply to this post

• I heard that the family is staunchly against any portrayal of drug use. Is this accurate?

  Comment by Justin — Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 3:20pm PST  Reply to this post

• I worked in a lab at Columbia with a guy who used to play soccer all the time with Bob Marley. Big fan, can’t wait to see the documentary.

  Comment by jb — Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 6:43pm PST  Reply to this post