The internet is crying foul after a new biopic on Michael Jackson has cast a white British actor, Ralph Fiennes.
The movie focuses on the King Of Pop’s fabled post-9/11 road trip from New York to Los Angeles with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor. Brian Cox and Stockard Channing have been cast as Brando and Taylor.
“I got the script the other day,” Fiennes explained to WENN. “It’s a challenge. It’s a comedy. It doesn’t poke mean fun but it’s a story, possibly urban legend, whereby Michael, Marlon Brando, and Liz Taylor were all together the day before 9/11 doing a concert. Airspace was shut down and they couldn’t get out and Michael had the bright idea to go to hire a car and drive.” h/t bet
Many postings on social media slamming the producers’ choice to cast Fiennes as MJ, were accompanied by the hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter.
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so i guess they want a black actor with vitiligo to play the part ? good luck casting that