*Ne-Yo was offered the role of the late great Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., but turned it down because he has to gain 30 pounds.
“I definitely want to do more acting, but it’s got to make sense with the music,” he told Britain’s Sunday Mirror. “They wanted to start shooting [the Martin Luther King Jr. movie] at the same time my album R.E.D. comes out (September 18) and wanted me to gain 30 pounds, so I couldn’t do it. I’m kicking myself but acting can’t take the place of my music. Plus, I’ve been killing myself in the gym for months preparing for this album because I wanted a complete makeover.”
Ne-Yo most recently played the role of Andrew ‘Smokey’ Salem in Red Tails.
I ain’t mad
Cuz you aint no true actor and have no real love for the craft! 50 lost damn near 75% of his muscle for a role what’s a 30lbs gain?
The title is misleading……where does Ne-Yo say MLK ISN’T WORTH the weight gain? He just simply said he can’t gain the weight right now and gave his reason. So those are your words Brittney not Ne-Yo.
Well what a bytchy thing to saaaaaaaaay! Yo mayn?, you could/shouldda came waaaaaay different than DAT shyt!! AnYthang but this “feminie” ….”oh my figure” BS! WTF wroooooong witcha, boway!!?? HEHH!!?? You lil niglets make Us ALL look bad! Siiiiiiiiiiigh!
Sorry…..”feminine”!
C’mon guys, didja really think he’d be any good . . Taurusingr, from a non-fan, I don’t think he was being disrespectful, he just doesn’t want to do it and looking at pix of him, he strikes me as leaning more to being a lard-ass all on his own
C’mon!!!!! another MLK movie. What will it tells us we already don’t know from the other 20 movies/documentaries made. It’s time to celebrate other legacies, We Have Overcome!!!!
I’m kicking myself but acting can’t take the place of my music
Seems rather clear that his main concern is his music..not acting. Go Ne-Yo
*you would’ve made an absolutely horrible MLK neway tho*