Marlon Wayans On ‘RESPECT’ And Why He Never Married: ‘I Knew My Mom Needed Me’

By Brande Victorian ·August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

Marlon Wayans is a self-professed romantic. It’s for that reason the veteran actor didn’t want to portray a villain when he landed the role of Ted White in the Aretha Franklin biopic RESPECT.

“I wanted to play love because that I don’t think we get to see a lot of as Black people,” Wayans tells ESSENCE. “What was beautiful about Lady Sings the Blues is that man loved

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