The exmiss world 1976, Cindy Breakspeare, Key figure in the life of Bob Marley and mother of Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, He expressed his deep disappointment with the representation that was made of her in the biographical film Bob Marley: One Love.
In a television interview, Breakspeare, of 70 years, He spoke for the first time about the film that was released in January last year, ensuring that he did not show many aspects of the King of Reggae, as well as leaving several nearby people and who were relevant in Marley's life.
“I think I ended up being a nameless ghost or voice. They saw me three times: standing at a door, sitting on a sofa at the bottom of the study and in a photograph that was actually fictitious because he wore a swimsuit with a girdle that said Miss Mundo or something like that, And Bob was standing by my side. A photo like this never took. So it was manufactured for that purpose”, manifested.
“I had a six -year relationship at the end of his life”
In addition to your personal connection, Breakspeare stressed that the film omitted its role as one of the people closest to Marley in their last years of life, a fundamental period in which she accompanied him in his cancer treatments and was next to the end.
“I had a relationship with Bob for six years at the end of his life (…) I wasn't the only one, believe, that felt harmed. There were other people in history that were eliminated at the last minute, Like Peter Tosh. I don't think we saw much of ‘Skill’ (Alan Cole), whom we have just lost, So it was condensed in a specific product”, The ex -world about the film held.
The once “Beauty Queen” He also considered that Bob was not reflected accurately in some things. He considered that respecting the history of Bob the result would have been a great film just by telling the truth the result of the film
“I am not sure that Bob's firmness and his sharpness, That acuity that his character had, will capture completely. I think it was enough to tell the truth. That was all that had to be done and you would have had a great movie”, emphasized.
Despite its disappointment, Breakspeare acknowledged that the film was a “buena” Representation of the singer in his fight against disease and the complex situation of political violence in Jamaica.