Marlon Wayans as Walter Lee Younger

I chose Marlon Wayans to play Walter Lee Younger as I needed a black man who was 35 but looked older.  Although Marlon Wayans looks young, I would have make up make him look a bit older.  Marlon Wayans usually plays funny characters and this character isn’t that funny, yet his personality of how he just doesn’t seem to ‘get it’ in life makes Marlon Wayans perfect for the role.  Marlon can play the role of a drunk towards the end very well and then again will turn your heart when telling Karl Lindner that his family will be moving in.