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Kingsley Ben-Adir<\/a> has a lot of appreciation for his time portraying the iconic <\/span>Bob Marley<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The actor walked <\/span>the carpet at the premiere of his new film<\/a>, <\/span>Bob Marley: One Love<\/span><\/em>, at the Carib 5 Theater in Jamaica on Tuesday — where <\/span>Prince Harry and Meghan Markel made an unexpected appearance<\/a> to support the film – and he spoke with ET’s\u00a0Kevin Frazier about stepping into the music icon’s shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n “I feel like, throughout the last year, [I spent] so much time with Bob in my ear and, you know, trying to find Bob’s voice with his friends and family,” Ben-Adir shared of <\/span>his process to get into character<\/a>. “So I wasn’t on my own. I could reach out to them anytime.”<\/span><\/p>\n “[That] has been probably the most beautiful experience I’ve ever had,” he added with a smile. “I’m going to treasure it.”<\/span><\/p>\n For Ben-Adir, the most important thing about making the film was staying true to what is important about Marley’s story and making the towns and cultures of Jamaica proud.<\/span><\/p>\n “We have to work to try and find an authenticity for them,” he shared. “This is a Jamaican movie.”<\/span><\/p>\n And Marley was a Jamaican hero and icon — something Ben Adir has come to learn very well.<\/span><\/p>\n “In this country — forget around the world, the world loves Bob — what Bob means to Jamaica and what Bob means to Jamaican culture, there’s nothing like it,” he shared. “The significance is truly a big, big thing.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ve never experienced anything like the love for Bob,” he added, thinking back to the support the film has gotten.<\/span><\/p>\n Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green — and produced in partnership with the Marley family —\u00a0<\/span>One Love<\/span><\/em>\u00a0also stars Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Anthony Welsh, Michael Gandolfini, Umi Myers, and Nadine Marshall.<\/span><\/p>\n The project is one of the first authorized biopics of the groundbreaking artist, and Bob’s son, Ziggy Marley, serves as a producer, alongside Rita Marley, Cedella Marley, Robert Teitel, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, and Dede Gardner, and executive producers Richard Hewitt, Orly Marley, and Matt Solodky.\u00a0<\/span>Bob Marley: One Love<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>hits theaters on Feb. 14.<\/span><\/p>\n While Ben-Adir was celebrating his new biopic, he was also excited for the announcement that <\/span>Barbie<\/span><\/em> — in which <\/span>he plays one of the Kens<\/a> — was <\/span>nominated for a number of Oscars<\/a>, including Best Song for “I’m Just Ken.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I sang a little bit in it,” Ben-Adir said of the tune. “[So] if they’re planning on doing some sort of performance of it [at the Oscars], I’m down to come down to join in!”<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n