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KINGSTON. – With the surprise appearance by the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on the red carpet leaving the mouths of nattily attired guests agape, the imposing legacy of reggae legend Bob Marley registered anew with the highly anticipated big-screen biography of his life, ‘One Love’, making its world premiere at the Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, Kingston, on Monday night.
The Marley biopic, due to open in cinemas worldwide on February 14, made its debut for a Jamaican audience, with the film’s director Reinaldo Marcus Green, lead star Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Paramount Pictures president and chief executive officer Brian Robbins, among the bigwigs in the island for the glitzy premiere.
An impressive turnout of the who’s who in Jamaican entertainment, political, business and social circles made the guestlist for the buzzed about affair, which sees scions of the late music superstar Ziggy and Cedella Marley as the film’s co-producers, bringing their father’s well-documented life to celluloid posterity.
Speaking to Loop Entertainment on the premiere’s press line, Ziggy relayed his satisfaction with the road taken for ‘One Love’ from story concept to movie reality.
“It helps to spread the message more in a different medium, so we are very happy we are able to push it to another level,” he said, adding that “me and Neville Garrick, were there to make sure they don’t mess it up, we were really involved.” – Jamaica.Loopnews
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter