Terrence Howard to play Marvin Gaye in new biopic

Los Angeles: American actor Terrence Howard is in talks to play legendary soul musician Marvin Gaye in a new biopic.

According to Deadline website, Howard, a musician himself who played an aspiring rapper in 2005`s `Hustle & Flow`, would join director Cameron Crowe for the film. "Nothing`s been signed on paper yet, Everybody who loves music will hate me if I get this one wrong," Howard said. Gaye`s career, was marked by several hits like hits like `I Heard It Through The Grapevine` and `What?s Going On` but his personal life was a traumatic one, rife with drama with the death of colleague and frequent duet partner Tammi Terrell from a brain tumor, a difficult divorce from first wife Anna Gordy, and, tragically, his own untimely death after he was shot by his father. PTI