Joseph
Fiennes has been cast as Michael Jackson in a new British
television movie.
Fiennes will
play the late King of Pop alongside Brian Cox as Marlon Brando and Stockard
Channing as Elizabeth
Taylor, according to The Guardian.
The film,
entitled Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon, will be based on a story
first reported in Vanity Fair. A former employee of Jackson’s claims that
the musician invited the legendary actors to see him perform in New York just
before 9/11.
But after
the terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center towers, the three
allegedly rented a car and tried to drive back to California on their own,
making it as far as Ohio.
Fiennes is
best known for his role in the 1998 Oscar darling Shakespeare in Love.
He has also appeared in American Horror Story and the Dwayne
Johnson action filmHercules.
Jackson was
one of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, with his hit single
“Thriller” selling over 30 million copies alone as of 2015. His later life was
marred by accusations of child molestation, though Jackson was never convicted.
He died in 2009.
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