Marlon Wayans Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions

Hey, what's up?

This is Marlon Wayans and I'm doing

the WIRED Autocomplete interview.

Let's go.

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I played Tiffany and Shawn played

Brittany in White Chicks.

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Marlon Wayans, how is Marlon Wayans still working?

'Cause I self-employ myself, you assholes.

Okay.

How is Marlon Wayans doing?

At this moment, I am really tired 'cause I didn't sleep

'cause after hanging with those kids

on Kai Cenat Mafiathon the next day,

and I had seven shots on that show.

The publicist only counted five, but they didn't know.

I snuck two more in.

Then the next day I worked all day

and then I had Axl for the whole night

and she wanted to party

and break night like she was on Mafiathon.

So we did Daddy-Daughterthon

till two in the morning last night.

So love you and fuck you, Axl.

By the way, I have video of her

learning how to say fuck you.

So that's our new way of saying love you.

Fuck you, dad.

My baby.

What is Marlon Wayans cigar brand?

I'm glad you asked.

My cigar brand is called Liga Tridente.

We smoked them on Kai Cenat's show

and they was like, Yo, am I supposed to take

and cut this open and put weed in it?

I was like, Hell no.

You don't do that to good cigars.

Can Marlon Wayans play basketball?

What do you consider playing basketball?

Can I shoot the ball?

Sure.

Will it go in?

Probably not.

Can I dribble the ball?

Which way?

Up and down? Sure.

For how long?

Not long.

Can I go through my legs?

Maybe once out of 10 tries.

Can I go behind my back?

Basically how much are you paying Marlon Wayans?

If you pay me enough, I could play.

And if not, there's some stunt doubles out there

that look just like me that are damn good in basketball.

Can Marlon Wayans sing?

I wouldn't say I could sing.

I could say I could hold a note,

but I'm a desperate performer so I love karaoke.

So that's my thing, karaoke.

And I like to karaoke deep voice.

You give me somebody with a deep voice

like Teddy Pendergrass.

♪ Turn out the lights and light a candle ♪

See what I'm saying?

♪ I just wanna growl to you ♪

♪ Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm ♪

Rick James.

♪ Turned on my fire, baby ♪

♪ And you show me what love can do ♪

♪ Fire and desire, baby ♪

♪ Feel it coming through ♪

♪ And I thank you, baby ♪

That's a song that made Axl's mother fall in love with me.

And actually that's the song

that she got herself impregnated by me too.

So how to make a bastard.

Rick James, whiskey, Fire and Desire equals Axl.

What was Marlon Mayans' first movie?

My first real movie was playing the role

of Seymour in Mo Money.

And yes, that was my brother Damon's movie,

but he didn't give it to me.

I actually went out and auditioned

against everybody to go get that movie

and I got it and my black ass left college to go do it

because that was to me the perfect

starting vehicle for me at 19.

What is Marlon Wayans' best movie?

My best movie would probably have to be, I'm gonna say two.

My best movie would probably be, actually three.

I did too many movies, you asking me to choose.

All right, my best movie is definitely Him.

White Chicks I thought was really great

and that was just a really fun experience.

Requiem for a Dream, great dramatic performances

and a wonderful movie to be a part of.

But Him is actually the complete,

crazy, untethered, off-the-chain Marlon Wayans

at his best in a wonderful movie

that's really high octane energy

and you've never seen nothing like it.

What is Marlon Wayans up to?

Well, right now, jackass, I'm doing interviews

and you asking me questions.

So that's what I'm up to.

What is Marlon Wayans' next move?

If you're talking about like a break dance move,

I don't know.

I'm past the pop lock years.

If you're thinking movie, my next movie will be

Scary Movie 6 out in theaters June 12th, 2026.

Who.

Who was Marlon Wayans in White Chicks?

Believe it or not, I was the cute white chick.

Sean looked, who's a more handsome black man,

was not a good looking white chick.

He was like Shannon Sharpe's taste in White Chick.

He's like, I think that, I like that thick one.

I like the thick one right there.

That one with that little mutt there.

Who does Marlon Wayans play in Sextuplets?

Interesting question.

Every goddamn body.

It's called Sextuplets and I was all six of the sextuplets

and then I played the mama too.

I was about to play extras,

but my producing partner, Rick Alvarez, stopped me.

Who is Marlon Wayans' best friend?

One is my best friend Omar Epps

who I've known since high school.

We dreamt about being famous together

and we made our realities come true

and I think our best years' ahead of us.

So Omar Epps, he was in the movie Juice

and I was in Mo Money and he became famous before me.

And then I got famous like a year after.

And then we was like chocolate

and light chocolate and milk chocolate.

And the girls used to go crazy for us in the '90s.

So that's my boy.

But then I had this beautiful little

two and a half year old daughter now named Axl.

And Axl, you are always daddy's best friend.

[lips smack]

So fuck Omar.

Who is Marlon Wayans' family?

A lot of Negroes.

My family is a lot of Negroes, pick a Negro.

Sean, Keenan, Damon, Kim, Tito,

Jackie, Jermaine, El, Bunny.

All the black families just start blending together.

So pick one, they all family.

Marlon Wayans.

Marlon Wayans as George Raveling.

George Raveling, rest in peace.

I was lucky enough to meet this legendary man.

We had produced a documentary called Unraveling George.

It's a wonderful documentary about a wonderful man.

And I played him in the movie Air and I only had one scene

and he told me I did a great job playing him.

So kudos even though he died.

But he told me that before he died.

He said, My last words,

you did a great job playing me in 'Air.'

Marlon Wayans latest movie.

My latest movie is Him.

If you don't know about it,

obviously you haven't driven by Sunset.

If you don't know about it,

then you haven't been to Times Square either.

If you don't know about it,

then you've been underneath a damn rock.

It's everywhere.

I'm tired of seeing me.

I think my role in Him as Isaiah White,

I don't think it pushed me

in ways I hadn't been pushed before.

I think what it allowed me to do

was unstrap from every character I ever was before

to become something that was bigger than the role.

I had to just be untethered

and allowing me the freedom to bring all this crazy

and all the humor, all the darkness to this character

I think makes it a special performance

and a very special movie.

Marlon Wayans Jordan Peele.

What a combination.

That's like peanut butter and chocolate,

and it's like, damn, they made Reese's,

and it's a great combination.

What's crazy is we have a lot of similarities.

Jordan and I are coming from sketch.

And when you come from sketch,

you know that you just see the world in a very twisted way.

We're both twisted people who have a crazy diverse skillset.

And I think him and the director Justin Tipping

saw that special thing in me,

that crazy, that little bit of crazy that I could add

to Isaiah White that no other actor could apply

and they chose me.

Weird take but good choice, fellas.

I think it worked out.

Marlon Wayans Loc Dog.

Y'all like, who is Loc Dog?

Well if you don't know who Loc Dog is, homie,

you don't know nothing about no hood movies.

So go watch Don't Be a Menace to South Central

While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, cuz.

And what you say about my mama?

Marlon Wayans Little Man smile.

When was Marlon Wayans on In Living Color?

Probably before your dumb ass was born.

I think it was '92.

I had just did Mo Money.

Mo Money came out in '92.

After Mo Money, I did Above the Rim.

Before Above the Rim, I did In Living Color.

And then we left In Living Color

and I did Above the Rim.

And then I got Batman, which was a tease.

And then I didn't get Batman 'cause they wrote me out.

And then depression.

When Marlon Wayans.

Is Marlon Wayans making a new Scary Movie?

You're damn right, and it's going to be a riot.

Y'all ain't laughing 25 years, about time.

Get out your feelings, y'all get off social media.

Stop being a bunch of bitch-ass niggas

and get ready to laugh.

How was Marlon Wayans cast in Requiem for a Dream?

It was unlike Him where they actually

chose me for the role.

No.

That bushy ass Darren Aronofsky made me audition five times.

And he was like, I don't want somebody

on the WB Network in my gritty drama 'Requiem for a Dream.'

But I kept coming back like a roach

and I was just so committed

and I just kept showing him different moves to the basket.

Everything he tried to, you know,

he wanted somebody else for the role.

I think he want that little short black dude Sean

from Save the Last Dance.

And I'm so glad he picked me for Requiem for a Dream.

Mm.

You give Darren a budget

and he love to make a bad movie with a big budget.

Give him $1.50, you will get classics.

Darren, I always said you don't like money,

but when you don't have money, yo,

you really make some great movies.

My point is, I won the role as Tyrone C. Love

in Requiem for a Dream and Darren and I made history.

Hey, that's all the board.

Thanks for having me.

I'm out.