Jesse l martin as marvin gaye

Jesse Martin will be perfect for the role of Marvin Gaye. Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy. The film focuses on the later years of Marvin Gaye as he lived in Europe, putting his past drug abuse behind him and wrote his hit song Sexual Healing, along with promoter Freddy Cousaert.

Those not excited will be. Brendan Gleason is set to co-star. TMZ caught up with him in Los Angeles, and asked what he’d like to do as a follow-up to “Compton.” “All the things he talked about in his albums and what is going on is relevant now,” Gray said. Lenny is a good artist and woudld be wonderful a la Jimmy Hendrix…And no…as much as I love Zoe Saldana, she should not be playing Nina Simone…wow…the movies….

Martin was born to play Gate. Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife, Janis Gaye is now hoping that Martin will also drop out of the project.

  • Jesse Martin is reuniting with his Law And Order co-star S. Epatha Merkerson, who will play Marvin’s mother in the film. Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife, Janis Gaye is now hoping that Martin will also drop out of the project.
  • TMZ caught up with him in Los Angeles, and asked what he’d like to do as a follow-up to “Compton.” “All the things he talked about in his albums and what is going on is relevant now,” Gray said. With S. Epatha Merkerson, Clarke Peters, Vicky Krieps, Jesse L. Martin. Stage and screen actor Jesse L. Martin has been cast as the late soul singer Marvin Gaye in the upcoming independent biopic "Sexual Healing," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    Marvin III — if that is actually you — instead of posting on this forum, you need to take some grammar classes. With S. Epatha Merkerson, Clarke Peters, Vicky Krieps, Jesse L. Martin. His role in RENT was an audition. [14][15] Martin had been attached to the Marvin Gaye biopic for years and had stated that it was his dream role to portray the legendary Motown.

    The film focuses on the later years of Marvin Gaye as he lived in Europe, putting his past drug abuse behind him and wrote his hit song Sexual Healing, along with promoter Freddy Cousaert. Few actors are born to play a role. On March 4,it was announced that Martin would replace Lenny Kravitz as Marvin Gaye in Sexual Healing, an upcoming biopic directed by Julien Temple, and produced by Vassal Benton and Fred Bestall.

    He is talented, can sing, and has the exact look for the part. Jesse Martin is reuniting with his Law And Order co-star S. Epatha Merkerson, who will play Marvin’s mother in the film. Martin was previously attached to star in the James Gandolfini-produced version of Sexual Healing five years ago. He is very talented actor and singer. After years of gestation and obstacles for a slew of competing projects, a Marvin Gaye feature biopic will be made after all.

    No one else. The film focuses on the time Gaye spent in Europe in the early s, when the soul singer attempted to get his addictions under control and career back on track with the help of British music promoter Freddy Cousaert Gleason. By Nellie Andreeva. Trying to decipher what you just wrote was more painful than R, Kelly playing Marvin Gaye Qanda you play too much!

    Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife, Janis Gaye is now hoping that Martin will also drop out of the project. Jesse Martin is reuniting with his Law And Order co-star S. Epatha Merkerson, who will play Marvin’s mother in the film. Martin will play the Motown legend in the Julien Temple-helmed Sexual Healingwhich is slated to start filming in later this month in Europe. Gaye was shot by his father and died in Los Angeles on April 1, Temple, a video and documentary director, previously helmed Absolute Beginners.

    He also has extensive music credentials, including originating the role of Tom Collins in the Broadway production of Rent. [14][15] Martin had been attached to the Marvin Gaye biopic for years and had stated that it was his dream role to portray the legendary Motown. On March 4,it was announced that Martin would replace Lenny Kravitz as Marvin Gaye in Sexual Healing, an upcoming biopic directed by Julien Temple, and produced by Vassal Benton and Fred Bestall.

    Stage and screen actor Jesse L. Martin has been cast as the late soul singer Marvin Gaye in the upcoming independent biopic "Sexual Healing," according to The Hollywood Reporter.