Marlon Wayans leans on S&M past to prep for ‘50 Shades of Black’
Marlon Wayans is preparing to produce and star in an S&M parody movie called “50 Shades of Black,” and he told me he has a history of consensual S&M to draw from.
“One time, I blindfolded a girl, and lit a candle, and I’m having sex, and she’s like, ‘Ew, it’s hot in here.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah.’ She goes, ‘No, no, it’s really hot, my feet are hot.’ I look behind me and the blanket’s on fire,” he said.
He joked he made putting the fire out his second priority.
Wayans is in Las Vegas to host the “Knockout Comedy Super Show” with Bruce Bruce, Corey Holcomb, Mark Curry, and Capone, Saturday at Planet Hollywood ($50-$86). Afterward, he plans to party at Tao nightclub in the Venetian.
The “Scary Movie” and “Requiem for a Dream” actor is on another good run. He hosts the new NBC-TV show with buzz called “I Can Do That.”
“I Can Do That” enlists Snoop Dogg, Nicole Scherzinger and other stars to perform wild stage acts, often with Vegas performers like the Skating Aratas.
Wayans, the youngest of 10 siblings and the father of two kids, told me he needs to succeed if only for more money to help shelter “all 100 million” Wayans.
“The Wayans family is like a charity: Feed the Hungry Wayans. If you go see a Wayans movie, you will feed a hungry Wayans,” he said.
Why do the Wayans have so many kids?
“Apparently, we were all born in the Seventies and refuse to wear protection. ‘Condoms are for sailors,’” Wayans, 42, joked.
He’s currently scouting locations for his “50 Shades of Grey” satire.
“They filmed it with an $80 million budget,” Wayans said of “Grey” and asked himself: “How are we going to do that on a tight $4 million?”
But $4 million could be plenty. Wayans produced and starred in 2013’s “A Haunted House,” which cost $2.5 million to film. It grossed $60 million. (Keep up with him at MarlonWayans.TV and @MarlonWayans.)
Contact Doug Elfman at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He blogs at reviewjournal.com/elfman. Find him on Twitter: @VegasAnonymous.
