Hi Marlon, the Scary Movie franchise is incredibly successful, building on the likes of Airplane! Were you always a fan of Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker? Sagarmatha1953
My brother Keenen took me [and other brothers] Shawn and Craig to see Airplane! when we were kids. It was an influence on my life, as was Blazing Saddles. We\u2019re big fans of Mel Brooks. The Zucker brothers are legends \u2013 they were pioneers in the parody game. I was definitely influenced by Airplane!but I think our humour was different. We didn\u2019t change the wheel, but we put a rim on the tyre. We have a different way of telling jokes, from how we were raised and our life experience. When it comes to parody, there are formulas you can apply. There\u2019s a difference in how we present the jokes and what the jokes are about. <\/p>\n
What scares you? TurangaLeela2
Death. I like life. Have you ever seen somebody in a coffin? It doesn\u2019t look like they\u2019re having fun. I don\u2019t wanna be that. If I could die in the same manner of any of the Scary Movie characters, I\u2019d choose having an orgasm. Go out like you came in.<\/p>\n
Your new film Him is about an American football player wanting to become the Goat. Is there anything that you\u2019re the Goat at? ShakiraOhYeah<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re made through our experiences, our trials and tribulations\u2019 \u2026 Marlon Wayans as Isaiah in Him. Photograph: Parrish Lewis\/Universal Pictures<\/p>\n
Just trying to be the best artist I can be. Just be different. Just be Marlon. We\u2019re a bunch of snowflakes, but each is different. You don\u2019t find two alike. It\u2019s the same for artists. We\u2019re made through our experiences, our trials and tribulations. I\u2019ve been blessed to learn how to write, produce, act, direct, do standup. I want to be like Prince, but with comedy, and one foot taller.<\/p>\n
How was it working with Eddie Murphy on Norbit? Was he an inspiration for playing multiple roles in one film? stephenw1979
Richard Pryor in [1977 film] Which Way Is Up? was an inspiration, as was Eddie in The Nutty Professor. When I did Sextuplets, we tried to do it differently. I was in the same frame, acting with myself, and the camera was moving. Working with Eddie was a dream. He\u2019s always been one of my idols. To do Norbit and make him laugh like I did, I\u2019ll never forget that moment. That was the first time I thought: I could be somebody in this industry.<\/p>\n
My 11-year-old daughter adores White Chicks. She asks: \u201cWhat was it like filming with Terry Crews [US actor\/TV host]?\u201d Are you ever going to make a sequel? GretaO and Pazuzuspetals<\/p>\n
\u2018I think Terry had a crush on me\u2019 \u2026 Terry Crews holds Marlon Wayans in White Chicks. Photograph: Sony\/Allstar<\/p>\n
We\u2019re circling, but not yet. I don\u2019t want to announce it until it actually happens and get people\u2019s hopes up, because they get very violent about White Chicks. I think Terry Crews had a crush on me as the white chick in White Chicks. Every time I was in makeup, he was like: \u201cHey!\u201d I was like: \u201cHey man. It\u2019s me, bro. It\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n
What was it like filming with Tupac in 1994\u2019s Above the Rim? duncanmp
Tupac was a very hard worker. His work ethic is something that I\u2019ll always remember. We\u2019d shoot Above the Rim 12 hours a day, then he\u2019d go home and work all night, then the next day he\u2019d come to set and play us five songs. We were like: \u201cWhen did you do that?\u201d He said: \u201cLast night.\u201d When he passed, those songs came out, like Out on Bail and Thug 4 Life, Runnin\u2019 from tha Police \u2026 I got a preview of those songs, back in the 90s.<\/p>\n
\u2018Tupac was a very hard worker\u2019 \u2026 from left, Denise Warner, Marlon Wayans, Sherwin David \u201cWood\u201d Harris, and Tupac Shakur in Above the Rim. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc.\/Alamy<\/p>\n
Who\u2019s your favourite British rapper? ShakiraOhYeah
That\u2019s a tough question. Skepta. What do I think of British rap? Never mind British rap. I\u2019m a New York guy. New Yorkers don\u2019t even like LA rappers, let alone what\u2019s going on across the pond. We hate everything \u2026<\/p>\n
How funny was it growing up in the Wayans household? Have you ever thought of making a movie with all of the actors in your family? ClassicMacGruber and Sp3lCh3k
We thought about it, but it\u2019s kind of hard to get the band back together. Look how long it took [US R&B group] New Edition to do a reunion tour. It\u2019s very hard to get five or six black people to stay in harmony.<\/p>\n
You give a heartbreaking performance in Requiem for a Dream. What are your memories? Absohudson
I remember walking into the set after Ellen Burstyn and the set felt hot, like somebody had just destroyed it. Darren [Aronofsky, director] was like: \u201cBurstyn was a force of nature. You kids got work to do.\u201d I was like: \u201cOK, let\u2019s lock in.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard for Hollywood to put its finger on me. They go: \u201cWho is he? This guy does everything.\u201d I want to be believable to the audience in comedy, drama, slapstick, parody. I think dramatic actors can be just as funny as comedy actors, but I don\u2019t know if they can do an hour and a half of standup. That\u2019s the part that\u2019s frightening. A movie\u2019s easy. It\u2019s just acting.<\/p>\n
\u2018Sometimes, I go on stage and I don\u2019t wanna be funny. I just wanna tell the truth\u2019 \u2026 Marlon Wayans. Photograph: Obidi Nzeribe\/Universal Pictures<\/p>\n
Standup is like jumping out of a plane with no parachute. I do it every weekend. It\u2019s the scariest thing you\u2019ll ever do. You\u2019re being judged, every joke. You don\u2019t know if you\u2019re gonna make people walk out. You don\u2019t know if you\u2019re gonna make people boo. You don\u2019t know if you\u2019re gonna make people laugh.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, your worst set turns out to be one of your best, because you did something different, you changed something up, you told some truth. Sometimes, I go on stage and I don\u2019t wanna be funny. I just wanna tell the truth and see if that truth is funny before I find the funny in it.<\/p>\n
Him is in UK and Irish cinemas now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hi Marlon, the Scary Movie franchise is incredibly successful, building on the likes of Airplane! Were you always…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-200394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}