Barbie casting directors Lucy Bevan and Allison Jones are spilling the tea on how they landed with the perfect set of Barbies and Kens.
06.07.2023 - 17:25 / etcanada.com
Kingsley Ben-Adir is really jamming now.
This month, the first trailer was released for the new biopic “Bob Marley: One Love”, with Ben-Adir starring as the iconic reggae artist.
Playing Marley onscreen is just the latest big role for the 37-year-old actor, who is swiftly rising to prominence as one of the best, most interesting actors of his generation.
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But who is Kingsley Ben-Adir?
Ben-Adir, born February 26, 1986, is a British actor. The son of a Trinidadian mother and British Jewish father, the actor was raised in the Gospel Oak neighbourhood of Northwest London.
In 2011, he graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
How did his career get going?
Fresh out of school, Ben-Adir starred in a production of Gillian Slovo’s critically acclaimed play The Riots in 2011. He followed it up the next year by acting in a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The actor continued performing in acclaimed productions on stage over the following years, along with taking small parts in shows like “Marple”, as well as an uncredited role in “World War Z”.
What was his breakout?
In 2017, Ben-Adir scored a big role in the hit BBC drama “Peaky Blinders”, playing Col. Ben Younger in season 4 and 5.
During that time, he also appeared in films like “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” and “The Commuter”, as well as the Netflix series “The OA”. In 2020, he starred in the Zoë Kravitz series “High Fidelity”.
But Ben-Adir’s real big breakthrough performance came later 2020, when he played iconic civil rights leader Malcolm X in director Regina King’s historical film “One Night in Miami…”
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The first trailer for Bob Marley: One Love, a big screen biopic of the reggae singer, has been revealed. The movie is set to open in theaters on January 12 next year. Check out a preview above.
Kingsley Ben-Adir has quietly become an actor to watch thanks to memorable roles in the likes of “Peaky Blinders,” “The OA,” “One Night In Miami…” and the upcoming “Barbie.” Now Ben-Adir gets his biggest role yet in the upcoming biopic “Bob Marley: One Love,” where he plays the iconic Jamaican singer-songwriter. READ MORE: Kingsley Ben-Adir To Play Reggae Legend Bob Marley In Biopic From ‘King Richard’ Director Reinaldo Marcus Green Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch co-star in “One Love” as Bob and Rita Marley, from Marley and his band The Heartbreakers rise to fame to the singer’s death in the 1980s.
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