Jesse l martin as marvin gaye

With S. Epatha Merkerson, Clarke Peters, Vicky Krieps, Jesse L. Martin. 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. By Nellie Andreeva. After years of gestation and obstacles for a slew of competing projects, a Marvin Gaye feature biopic will be made after all. Martin will play the Motown legend in the Julien Temple-helmed Sexual Healing , which is slated to start filming in later this month in Europe.

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. Brendan Gleeson has been cast as British music producer Freddy Cousaert. Julien Temple is directing the film that will center on Gaye's attempts to regain control of his career and put his addictions to rest in the early 's. Gaye is also portrayed in the new Broadway musical Motown , which traces the life of music pioneer Berry Gordy.

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. [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. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. Back in , Jesse L. Martin was attached to play Marvin Gaye in the biopic Sexual Healing.

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. By Jason Newman. At this point, you could make a compelling film about all the aborted attempts to make a compelling film about Marvin Gaye. In , F.