Bob Marley: One Love UK Premiere James Norton Interview

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“Bob Marley: One Love” star actor James Norton talks about the sound quality and music in the film. James Norton also gives his thoughts about why he thinks people should go see the upcoming film in his interview at the UK Premiere. Check it out.

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00:00 It's a big, beautiful, spectacle movie.

00:05 It was shot in Jamaica.

00:06 The colour, I mean, seeing Jamaica in this kind of exceptional, beautiful way

00:11 is just worthy of a cinema screen.

00:13 Also, the sound quality, like you need a big speaker to hear these tunes.

00:17 This kind of music wasn't written to be played on a tiny little phone speaker.

00:22 So you need the vibrations, physical and emotional, to take hold.

00:28 Bob's music, like a lot of people, I bought 'Legend' when I was like 13

00:36 and loved it and listened to it on repeat for many, many years.

00:40 He kind of provided a sort of strange soundtrack,

00:42 whether it was a party or a more pensive moment, he was kind of there, you know.

00:48 And then doing this movie, my appreciation of him has expanded

00:54 and hopefully when you watch the film you'll agree,

00:56 it kind of contextualises the music and gives it meaning and really elevates it.

01:00 And now, I guess for me, right now in the world,

01:04 Bob's message and his music is more apt and needed than ever.

01:09 I mean, there are many amazing songs I love.

01:14 I've recently come back to 'Jamming'

01:19 because it has a very particular association for me now

01:23 because we shot the amazing sequence, the montage,

01:26 where they're writing 'Jamming' and Chris Blackwell is in the mixing box

01:30 and it's this very wonderful scene.

01:32 And in between the...

01:34 Bob Marley's wife, Rita, in one loud cry.

01:36 Please give a huge hotel welcome to Lashana Lynch!

01:40 So when we were shooting 'Jamming', in between the set-ups,

01:45 usually in a film set you have to go and sit on your own,

01:49 in between the set-ups when we shoot 'Jamming'

01:51 we sit and wait for the cameras to be set up again a lot of time.

01:54 And on this particular scene, all the guys in the scene,

01:57 a lot of them are musicians.

01:59 Hector Lewis and Aston Barrett and Naomi Cowan.

02:03 So they would just carry on playing.

02:05 So we would have these incredible jam sessions in the green room

02:08 where I'd be tapping away on a coffee cup and singing.

02:11 It was just so fun.

02:12 So for me, 'Jamming' has wonderful associations now.

02:14 Good memories.

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