Terrence Howard says he was supposed to play Marvin Gaye in a Lee Daniels movie. He didn't take on the role, in part because Quincy Jones told him Gaye was gay.

Terrence Howard said he turned down playing Marvin Gaye in a Lee Daniels-directed biopic after being told that the late singer was gay. The “Iron Man” star, 56, shared the revelation on ...

Terrence Howard did not want to get it on in a Marvin Gaye biopic. The Empire alum said he turned down playing the late music icon in a movie because the role likely required him to kiss a man.

Terrence Howard insists he isn’t homophobic even while revealing he turned down a Marvin Gaye biopic because he “could not” portray the late Grammy winner’s rumored gay identity.

Terrence Howard admitted that he passed on playing Marvin Gaye because if he had to kiss a male costar he would “cut my lips off.” During a recent appearance on the Club Random podcast ...

He was not ready for a certain kind of sexual healing. Terrence Howard passed on the chance to play Marvin Gaye in a biopic because he would have had to film gay scenes. The “Empire” alum ...

Unique Nicole/WireImage; Gary Null/NBC via Getty Terrence Howard is discussing his biggest ... in early talks with Lee Daniels to portray Marvin Gaye in another biopic. Maher, 69, jumped in ...

"I wouldn't have been able to do that," the actor said. By Michael Saponara Terrence Howard nearly starred as Marvin Gaye in the Prince of Motown’s biopic, but talks with Lee Daniels to take the ...

Terrence Howard has revealed the line that he refuses ... he was already in "conversation with Lee Daniels about playing Marvin Gaye" in a separate project. Maher chimed in to say that Howard ...

Terrence Howard says he didn't play Marvin Gaye on screen because he was told the singer was gay and couldn't "surrender" himself to "a place I didn't understand." (Nikki Boertman / Associated ...