Marlon Wayans is ready to get back on your radar.The actor and comedian shocked fans with his surprise appearance on Peacock’s hit drama series Bel-Air as Will’s recently-released father.
The intense scene between Wayans and actor Jabari Banks blew fans away (and sparked a fair share of online debate) for its display of raw emotion between a son confronting his absentee father about his lack of involvement in his life.
For Wayans, known best for the referential slapstick silliness that defined comedy in the early aughts, the brief-yet-powerful appearance on the show was a more-than-welcome challenge. “I read the script and I just identified with a character.
I felt it. I felt the pain of the father if he never was involved,” he said. “Being a father, I have two wonderful children and I couldn’t imagine what I’d feel – from guilt to anger to hurt to loss – if I weren’t involved.
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