Kingsley

Storytelling is my tribal function. That is how I belong. Just to be given the grace and fortune to occupy that role in society is an eternal blessing. There is something urgent and exhilarating about telling a story. When the material is right and the audience are there, there’s nothing to compare it with.This might sound narcissistic, but maybe my greatest role hasn’t happened yet. The hankering is subconscious. I didn’t know how much I needed to play Don Logan in Sexy Beast until he arrived on the page.The younger…

Bob Marley: One Love made its debut as part of the 2024 movie schedule this past weekend, and it seems to have connected with audiences. The Marley-centric flick won the box office over Sony's Madame Web in tremendous fashion. Much of the praise for it has gone to its star, Kingsley Ben-Adir, who played the beloved Jamaican singer and sported some fake dreads while doing so. Now, the leading man has provided details on what went into crafting his faux locks for the feature.The Secret Invasion alum was a guest on The…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicMoviesCelebrityBritish star says musical biopic honours reggae legend 'in the way he deserves' Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Feb 10, 2024  •  Last updated 14 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Kinglsey Ben-Adir as “Bob Marley” in Bob Marley: One Love. Photo by Paramount PicturesArticle contentInitially, when he was asked to audition, Kingsley Ben-Adir wasn’t convinced he could play Bob Marley. He couldn’t sing or dance, he says, and the two didn’t look…

It's been a big couple of years for Kingsley Ben-Adir as he’s taken on several memorable roles, but perhaps the most high-profile part was his take on Ryan Gosling's Ken's best friend, Ken, in last year's blockbuster smash and critically acclaimed Barbie. Recently, at the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love he spoke about the buzz surrounding all those 2024 Academy Award nominations for Barbie, and specifically "I'm Just Ken's" nod. Now, the Secret Invasion alum has expressed interest in joining a performance of the popular…

Bob Marley: One Love took a huge step forward by having King Richard’s Reinaldo Marcus Green be the biopic’s director. But another great addition to the musical drama is having One Night in Miami’s Kingsley Ben-Adir play the lead role of Bob Marley. If you want to know just how talented the British actor is, he shares that while he was prepping to play one of Jamaica’s greatest musicians, he was also filming as Ken for Barbie.Kingsley Ben-Adir played one of the Kens in Barbieland alongside Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Scott…

Over the years, audiences have been treated to some fantastic biographical dramas, especially when it comes to famous musicians who changed the industry and culture as a whole. Soon, we’ll get to see Kingsley Ben-Adir bring the reggae pioneer to the big screen with Bob Marley: One Love, a biopic that could prove to be one of the actor’s biggest roles yet. As part of our partnership with AMC Theatres, where you can now purchase tickets to see Ben-Adir’s leading role in  Bob: Marley: One Love, we’ve gone back and looked at…

After about an hour chatting with me – we are in a pub near his home in the London suburbs – the actor Kingsley Ben-Adir’s thoughts turn to some tricky work he has ahead of him this afternoon. The 37-year-old is due in a studio in town, where he’ll record some last pieces of dialogue for the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love, which is scheduled to come out on Valentine’s Day weekend. Ben-Adir plays Marley in the movie. It’s a huge opportunity for him, after a career of solid supporting work, most recently in Barbie (he was…

Screenwriter Gavin Steckler and director Marc Turtletaub have given us this goofy, likable new twist on ET. In the Mathison/Spielberg classic from 1982, the visiting extraterrestrial found safety within the secret world of children, whose existence is beneath the grownups’ notice. Now the space alien finds himself protected by old people, who are used to being patronised and ignored.Chief among the alien’s allies is Milton, played by Ben Kingsley, an ageing widower in whose back garden his spaceship crash-lands, and who,…

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.…

With his recent turn as the baddie Gravik in Marvel’s Secret Invasion, as well as one of the Kens in Barbie, Kingsley Ben-Adir has become an actor to watch. The British actor first got his start performing in critically acclaimed plays across London before he transitioned to booking mostly TV and film roles. Ben-Adir’s filmography is relatively small, but full of hit shows like Peaky Blinders and High Fidelity. Thankfully, the future looks just as bright for the young actor, who will be starring in an upcoming Bob Marley…