Our last Marvin Gaye biopic entry was in December when it was reported that Marvin Gaye’s son (Marvin Gaye III), who’s also a childhood friend of the man who had been cast to play his father, Lenny Kravitz, in Julien Temple’s Sexual Healing, had asked Kravitz to “walk away from the role,” adding that he was “shocked” that Lenny actually agreed to star in the project, calling it “shameful.” I don’t believe Kravitz ever responded publicly to any of this. However, revealed this afternoon, Jesse L. Martin, who himself was attached to a different Marvin Gaye biopic, has now replaced Kravitz in Temple‘s film. No public statement on why this replacement happened. Shooting is now set to begin later this month in Europe, with Brendan Gleason co-starring alongside Jesse L. Martin as Gaye.
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