Biopics are a great tool to bring iconic figures’ stories to the big screen and also teach us new things about them we never knew before. Bob Marley: One Love director Reinaldo Marcus Green reveals while making his film about the legendary Reggae artist that he learned about the singer’s wife, Rita Marley.
Reinaldo Marcus Green has a knack for making biopics; he was the man behind the lens for King Richard, the story about Serena and Venus Williams’ father, Richard Williams, brilliantly played by Will Smith, earning him his first Academy Award, and also turning out to a very eventful night for him and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
In that film, we also learned that the Williams sisters’ mother, Oracene Price (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor), was very much instrumental in the development of the dynamic tennis-playing sister and had to check her husband from time to time as he enacted a 78-page manifesto.
In Green’s latest biopic, Bob Marley: One Love, we not only learn about Bob Marley, his music, the attempts on his life, and how he became a beacon for peace but also how Rita Marley helped mold him into the man the world loved.
Green Didn’t Know Rita Marley Introduced Bob Marley To Rastafarism
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Yes, we know about the music, the assassination attempts on his life, and the defiance to still step on the stage and sing in his native land of Jamaica stuck in the middle of deadly political conflict; the movie does a fantastic job of revisiting those moments.
But what stands out more is Bob Marley’s relationship with his wife, Rita Marley, who served as a producer on the film. Speaking with CassiusLife’s Men’s Lifestyle and Pop Culture Writer Bernard “Beanz” Smalls, Green revealed Rita Marley’s influence on Bob Marley was a revelation to him.
Bob Marley’s Work Ethic Amazed Green
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Green also revealed that learning about Bob Marley’s work ethic was something he marveled at while making the film.
Green Loved Filming The Intimate Moments Between Bob & Rita Marley
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The film brilliantly recaptures moments from Bob Marley’s life, like his epic performances, but it was the intimate moments that Green loved capturing the most.
‘Bob Marley: One Love’: Director Reindaldo Marcus Green On Rita Marley’s Influence, On Bob Marley, “I Didn’t Know How Instrumental She Was In His Life” was originally published on cassiuslife.com
