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27th Jan 2016

Joseph Fiennes Cast To Play Michael Jackson In Movie And People Are Not Impressed

The show will be a one-off TV special.

Laura Holland

Actor Joseph Fiennes has reportedly been cast to play Michael Jackson in a new movie and people are not impressed.

According to The Guardian, the new movie, Michael, Elizabeth and Marlon, is a one-off special due to be shown on Sky Arts and will also star Stockard Channing as Taylor and Brian Cox as Brando.

While Joseph presumably got the role on merit, many have been criticising the choice to cast a caucasian actor to play a legendary African-American such as Michael Jackson.

Fiennes is best known for his role in the 1998 movie Shakespeare In Love.

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The new movie will tell the story of how Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando got stuck in New York during the 9/11 attacks. While grounded in the Big Apple they decided to drive the whole way back to Calfornia together but only managed to get as far as Ohio.

After the news broke, people were not one bit impressed about the casting: