Marvin Gaye,” he added. Terrence Howard said he ... confessed the “biggest mistake” of his career was not portraying Smokey Robinson in a movie about the Motown icon.

The actor found himself being pulled in two directions with simultaneous offers to portray Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, and out of loyalty, had to make a decision. The project was shelved and ...

The Empire alum divulged the info while telling Club Random host Bill Maher about the "biggest mistake" he ever made in his ...

Terrence Howard passed on the chance to play Marvin Gaye in a biopic ... with Lee Daniels about playing” Gaye years ago at the same time that Smokey Robinson approached him “to play his ...

Terrence Howard walked away from two major biopic roles–Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson–for very different reasons. Speaking on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, the actor opened up about ...

The Empire alum claimed Smokey Robinson invited him to dinner years ... was already in early talks with Lee Daniels to portray Marvin Gaye in another biopic. Maher, 69, jumped in to express ...

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles recorded the famed ... seller and was a 2002 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. Unknown Marvin Gaye got it on during one Motown Christmas party Robinson hadn't heard ...

The conversation turned to Gaye after Howard confessed the “biggest mistake” of his career was not portraying Smokey ... Robinson’s, and that Howard “would’ve been perfect as Marvin ...

The actor recounted how he was invited to dinner by Smokey Robinson because “he wanted me to play his life” in a movie. Unfortunately Howard had to turn Robinson down because he was in a conversation ...

Terrence Howard almost starred in a biopic of legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye, but there was one ... was turning down the starring role in a Smokey Robinson biopic, a role the musician ...

Terrence Howard revealed to Bill Maher that he turned down a Marvin Gaye biopic because he would have had to kiss a man.