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Marques Houston Talks “Will To Love” “Will To Love,” the romantic comedy detailing the love escapades of a rich and successful business heir who is forced to marry in 90 days, premiered on TV One just a few months ago just hit DVD on October 6th. Film stars Marques Houston , Draya Michele, and Keshia Knight Pulliam are extremely excited for even more people to catch the movie and add it to their home collections. If you aren’t quite familiar, here’s a brief plot synopsis: Jamal Hawkins is a handsome bachelor who will soon be a very wealthy man. As the primary heir to the “Let It Roll” toilet paper corporation, Jamal is set to inherit his grandfather’s empire. Jamal’s world comes crashing down when he discovers that his grandfather has placed a stipulation on his inheritance. The bachelor must find a wife before his grandfather passes away within the next 90 days. As a man who doesn’t believe in marriage, Jamal is lost on what to do. Matters are further exacerbated by Jamal’s conniving half sister, Monica, who calculates a way to steal the corporation right from under her sibling’s nose. In an effort to help, Jamal’s best friend, Danny, devises a plan to fool Jamal’s family and find a suitable wife as soon as possible. With the aid of his new secretary, Rachel, Danny’s one time fling, the trio comes together to hold a casting call for women of all shapes, types, colors and creeds, that might meet his grandfather’s high standards. Actor/singer and now first time scriptwriter and producer Marques Houston wrote and produced the film himself. We caught up with the Film’s star to find out more about his inspiration for the movie. Tell us more about your character Jamal. Jamal is a very successful, wealthy guy who is really all about running hims grandfather’s business. So when he’s faced with this big thing in front of him — finding love — he thinks “How? I don’t even know what that looks like,” because he’s a confirmed bachelor and love just isn’t on his radar. So being that you wrote and produced this movie yourself, did you draw on any of your own experience as a hard-working bachelor? The character of Jamal is actually very very far from who I am — I’m a lover and I love to be in relationships, so it’s a very opposite character for me. But when writing and being creative you come up with different characters. Of course I draw on some of my own experience — I’ve been a bachelor before. I’m definitely a workaholic but when it comes to love, I have more of an openness to it, because that’s important too. I’m a relationship guy, I love being in love. So it’s very different. You worked closely on this project with your long-time collaborator Chris Stokes and also your longtime friends Draya Michele and Keshia Knight-Pulliam. What was your experience working with long-term friends? Draya was really cool. This was actually her first time acting, and she did an amazing job. It’s great to work with people that you know. I’ve known Keshia for years and years as well. As For Chris Stokes, he was very serious about directing. I will say that. Was there a huge difference in working with him on a film rather than on music? Just a bit, only because directors have to run the set. So in that sense, he had the most pressure on him. Other than that, it really was not a huge difference. Will To Love is available on DVD starting TODAY, October 6th. Be sure to grab your copy!!

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BOSSIP Exclusive: Marques Houston Talks Writing And Producing His First Film, “Will To Love”