Kingsley Ben-Adir; Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Photo:getty (2)Kingsley Ben-Adir recalls rubbing elbows with royalty at the Jan. 23 premiere ofBob Marley: One Love.Weeks before the news broke that his father,King Charles,has cancer,Prince HarryandMeghan Markleheaded to the Caribbean for themovie’s world premiere in Kingston, Jamaica.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the event at the invitation of their friends, Brian Robbins, the president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and his wife Tracy James, and hung out with the film’s star following the premiere.“We had a drink after, and we spent some time together,” Ben-Adir tells PEOPLE. “Nice people. Harry’s funny, and Meghan was lovely. They were lovely, man.“Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere.BACKGRID"It was really nice to meet them and spend time with them,” he continues. “We spoke about music, we spoke about Bob, we spoke about the film, we spoke about life.”As PEOPLE previously reported, Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, are longtime fans of Marley’s music and his message.Bob Marley: One Lovetells the life story of theJamaican musician, who urged peace and unity through his songs.He survived an assassination attempt in 1976 but ultimately died of cancer in 1981 at age 36.Kingsley Ben-Adir and Bob Marley.Getty (2)To prepare for the role, Ben-Adir, who previously portrayedBarack Obamain 2020’sThe Comey Ruleand Malcolm X inOne Night in Miamithe same year, learned to play the guitar and sing. He also studied Marley’s accent and learned Jamaican Patois.“I think I just had to get my head around what my feeling is when it comes to playing real-life characters, which is that it is about the essence of the person, not being an exact copy or trying to do a mimic,” Ben-Adir said in an interview with Paramount. “But for some reason when it came to Bob, my instinct was I wanted to be and look as close as I could do him.”“I think it was just something to obsess with that I didn’t have that much control over,” he continued. “But if it was me looking in from outside, I would have been saying all the things everyone else was saying to me, like, ‘It doesn’t matter about this and this, it’s just about the essence, it’s just about the essence.’”Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere.BACKGRIDCan’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!After putting in so much hard work on the film, Ben-Adir tells PEOPLE it was nice to reunite with theBob Marley: One Lovecrew at the Kingston premiere as well.LIFE: Bob Marley.“It was great to be with the band. It was great to be with all of the cast and all of the people that I worked with. I haven’t seen them in so long,” he says.Bob Marley: One Loveis in theaters nationwide on Feb. 14.The special issueLIFE: Bob Marleyisavailable now.For more on Kingsley Ben-Adir, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE.
Kingsley Ben-Adir; Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Photo:getty (2)
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Kingsley Ben-Adir recalls rubbing elbows with royalty at the Jan. 23 premiere ofBob Marley: One Love.Weeks before the news broke that his father,King Charles,has cancer,Prince HarryandMeghan Markleheaded to the Caribbean for themovie’s world premiere in Kingston, Jamaica.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the event at the invitation of their friends, Brian Robbins, the president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and his wife Tracy James, and hung out with the film’s star following the premiere.“We had a drink after, and we spent some time together,” Ben-Adir tells PEOPLE. “Nice people. Harry’s funny, and Meghan was lovely. They were lovely, man.“Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere.BACKGRID"It was really nice to meet them and spend time with them,” he continues. “We spoke about music, we spoke about Bob, we spoke about the film, we spoke about life.”As PEOPLE previously reported, Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, are longtime fans of Marley’s music and his message.Bob Marley: One Lovetells the life story of theJamaican musician, who urged peace and unity through his songs.He survived an assassination attempt in 1976 but ultimately died of cancer in 1981 at age 36.Kingsley Ben-Adir and Bob Marley.Getty (2)To prepare for the role, Ben-Adir, who previously portrayedBarack Obamain 2020’sThe Comey Ruleand Malcolm X inOne Night in Miamithe same year, learned to play the guitar and sing. He also studied Marley’s accent and learned Jamaican Patois.“I think I just had to get my head around what my feeling is when it comes to playing real-life characters, which is that it is about the essence of the person, not being an exact copy or trying to do a mimic,” Ben-Adir said in an interview with Paramount. “But for some reason when it came to Bob, my instinct was I wanted to be and look as close as I could do him.”“I think it was just something to obsess with that I didn’t have that much control over,” he continued. “But if it was me looking in from outside, I would have been saying all the things everyone else was saying to me, like, ‘It doesn’t matter about this and this, it’s just about the essence, it’s just about the essence.’”Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere.BACKGRIDCan’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!After putting in so much hard work on the film, Ben-Adir tells PEOPLE it was nice to reunite with theBob Marley: One Lovecrew at the Kingston premiere as well.LIFE: Bob Marley.“It was great to be with the band. It was great to be with all of the cast and all of the people that I worked with. I haven’t seen them in so long,” he says.Bob Marley: One Loveis in theaters nationwide on Feb. 14.The special issueLIFE: Bob Marleyisavailable now.For more on Kingsley Ben-Adir, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE.
Kingsley Ben-Adir recalls rubbing elbows with royalty at the Jan. 23 premiere ofBob Marley: One Love.
Weeks before the news broke that his father,King Charles,has cancer,Prince HarryandMeghan Markleheaded to the Caribbean for themovie’s world premiere in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the event at the invitation of their friends, Brian Robbins, the president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and his wife Tracy James, and hung out with the film’s star following the premiere.
“We had a drink after, and we spent some time together,” Ben-Adir tells PEOPLE. “Nice people. Harry’s funny, and Meghan was lovely. They were lovely, man.”
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ premiere.BACKGRID
BACKGRID
“It was really nice to meet them and spend time with them,” he continues. “We spoke about music, we spoke about Bob, we spoke about the film, we spoke about life.”
As PEOPLE previously reported, Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, are longtime fans of Marley’s music and his message.Bob Marley: One Lovetells the life story of theJamaican musician, who urged peace and unity through his songs.
He survived an assassination attempt in 1976 but ultimately died of cancer in 1981 at age 36.
Kingsley Ben-Adir and Bob Marley.Getty (2)
To prepare for the role, Ben-Adir, who previously portrayedBarack Obamain 2020’sThe Comey Ruleand Malcolm X inOne Night in Miamithe same year, learned to play the guitar and sing. He also studied Marley’s accent and learned Jamaican Patois.
“I think I just had to get my head around what my feeling is when it comes to playing real-life characters, which is that it is about the essence of the person, not being an exact copy or trying to do a mimic,” Ben-Adir said in an interview with Paramount. “But for some reason when it came to Bob, my instinct was I wanted to be and look as close as I could do him.”
“I think it was just something to obsess with that I didn’t have that much control over,” he continued. “But if it was me looking in from outside, I would have been saying all the things everyone else was saying to me, like, ‘It doesn’t matter about this and this, it’s just about the essence, it’s just about the essence.’”
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After putting in so much hard work on the film, Ben-Adir tells PEOPLE it was nice to reunite with theBob Marley: One Lovecrew at the Kingston premiere as well.
LIFE: Bob Marley.
“It was great to be with the band. It was great to be with all of the cast and all of the people that I worked with. I haven’t seen them in so long,” he says.
Bob Marley: One Loveis in theaters nationwide on Feb. 14.
The special issueLIFE: Bob Marleyisavailable now.
For more on Kingsley Ben-Adir, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE.
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