Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married Too”
now on DVD

Lamman Rucker is “Sheriff Troy” No More

Couples curious to explore the vicissitudes of marriage reveal much in Tyler Perry’s romantic dramatic comedy, “Why Did I Get Married Too,” now on DVD.

The endearing groups of four couples, friends since college, who convene and commiserate annually for an intended grand and reflective vacation, take their triumphs and woes to the enchanting and exotic island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas where they ponder, why did they get married. 

The sequel, Perry’s first, revisits the lives of Mike (Malik Yoba) and Patricia (Janet Jackson, Marcus (Michael Jai White) and Angela (Tasha Smith), Terry (Perry) and Dianne (Sharon Leal), Mike (Richard T. Jones), pitiful and woeful over his break up with Sheila (Jill Scott), and Troy (Lamann Rucker), Sheila’s new husband.

The male characters in Perry’s sequel have more depth.  We get to see their fears, anxieties as well as their vulnerabilities.  Often, in romantic comedies of any stripe, audiences tend to want “the man” to be perfect as well as everyone else.

Starting at that point in conversation with “Married Too” costar Lamman Rucker (Cable TV’s “Meet the Browns”), I asked about his character’s vulnerabilities.  Rucker as Troy captured fans with his role as the dashing and dutiful Colorado police officer, the strong man who came to the rescue of Sheila’s broken heart. 

Rucker explains his approach to Troy. “What attracts me to Troy and, for that fact, what attracts me to most of the roles that I do is what I have discovered to be my strengths.  What I try to bring to every role is a balanced, full faceted, multi-layered character.  Even if characters are not written that way, that’s what you would see from Troy and that’s what you are going to see in anybody that I’m playing.

“You’re going to see a character that is strong, powerful, sure of themselves and, at other times, maybe not always so sure of himself.  A character that is vulnerable, challenged, questioning and capable of making mistakes no matter how exceptional he is. And, that’s how I see myself.  No matter how exceptional I am and no matter how highly I think of myself, I also know there are times that I’m not always that way; I’m not always feeling my best and I am not always at my best.  Sometimes, I don’t always do my best and that’s what I think you see from Troy as well; he’s just trying to manage all of those feelings and manage where he is with his wife, his new responsibility of fatherhood as well as being unemployed.  I mean, everybody knows those are the times that we are in right now.”