Kingsley Ben-Adir

In 1976, Bob Marley was the most famous person in Jamaica. He was also a marked man. The star had agreed to play a free concert dubbed “Smile Jamaica.” He’d even written a theme song for the event. Though the show was conceived as a way to quell the rising tide of violence over the island nation’s precarious political state, Marley’s involvement made many think that it was his way of tacitly endorsing the People’s National Party over the more conservative Jamaica Labour Party. Two days before the concert, armed men…

Filming a scene as the title mystic in Bob Marley: One Love, Kingsley Ben-Adir was striding across a room in Jamaica when he heard, “Cut!” Marley’s son Ziggy, who was on set, had some input: He told the actor that his father wouldn’t have walked that particular way. “He was going up the stairs,” Marley says, “and I tell him, ‘Listen! When Bob walks, he takes two steps at a time.’ ” Months later, in New York, Ben-Adir re-creates the revised move, his knees almost coming up to his chin. “Everyone was doing an…

The biopic starring Kingsley Ben-Adir hits theaters on January 12 Peace is hard to come by for Bob Marley in the latest trailer for Bob Marley: One Love. “There’s a war going on,” the reggae icon, portrayed in the film by Kingsley Ben-Adir, acknowledges. “How can I bring peace? I can’t even get peace for myself.” Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and arriving in theaters on Jan. 12, One Love examines the push and pull of this battle that largely defined the musician’s life.…

Secret Invasion released its sixth and final episode today, closing out the latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this one featuring Nick Fury and the Skrulls. And while you can read all about the episode itself in io9's recap, I wanted to add a little more about something I can’t quite shake. And that’s G’iah.What Rules Were Written for Skrulls and Their Powers in Secret Invasion? | io9 InterviewSkrull character G’iah, played by Game of Thrones and Solo: A Star Wars Story star Emilia Clarke, is the daughter of…

Secret Invasion’s finale was released today, and man, did it land flat on all points. After a lackluster five episodes, I didn’t have high expectations for the Marvel Disney+ series’ sixth, but the circular ending and failure to meaningfully engage in any emotional beats truly left me cold. What Rules Were Written for Skrulls and Their Powers in Secret Invasion? | io9 InterviewAll Secret Invasion episodes were directed by Ali Selim, and episode six, “Home,” was written Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker.We start out the…

We are in the penultimate episode of Marvel’s Disney+ series Secret Invasion, and, surprisingly, we don’t have a lot of questions or plot points to wrap up. After the first four episodes of the Samuel L. Jackson-led spy-thriller series, most mysteries have been solved or explained in... Gravik detail. (Get it?…Read more... We are in the penultimate episode of Marvel’s Disney+ series Secret Invasion, and, surprisingly, we don’t have a lot of questions or plot points to wrap up. After the first four episodes of the…

Secret Invasion is back with the Worst Spies in the world! A reminder that Rhodes is very likely a Skrull, Skrulls are doing Super Skrullification, and G’iah has been shot but if she’s dead I’ll eat my backpack. Priscilla has a gun, is likely on Gravik’s side, and Talos is still an idealistic dumbass. Also Fury? Is…Read more... Secret Invasion is back with the Worst Spies in the world! A reminder that Rhodes is very likely a Skrull, Skrulls are doing Super Skrullification, and G’iah has been shot but if she’s dead I’ll…

Episode two of Secret Invasion, Marvel’s new Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) series, continues the trend started in episode one by further cutting him off from the people he trusts. Fury’s biggest power isn’t flying around, super strength, or how good his gadgets are; his secret weapon has always been in how big his…Read more... Episode two of Secret Invasion, Marvel’s new Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) series, continues the trend started in episode one by further cutting him off from the people he trusts. Fury’s biggest…

On its face, the motivation of the invading Skrulls seems quite clear in Secret Invasion: Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) promised to find the aliens a new planet to live on. After 30 years, Fury had still failed to keep his promise. As a result, some of the Skrulls decided to take the Earth for themselves—and only themselves. But Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays the main antagonist Gravik, says his villain has a much different agenda in mind.What Rules Were Written for Skrulls and Their Powers in Secret Invasion? | io9…

Secret Invasion, Marvel’s newest Disney+ series, takes notes from spy thrillers, focusing on Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury as he struggles to maintain world peace amid an alien invasion. Much of the backstory for the events in the series comes from 2019’s Captain Marvel, starring Jackson alongside Brie Larson as Carol Danvers.She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 9 Finale ReviewAll six episodes of the limited series were directed by Ali Selim, and the first installment was written by Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker. While…