- British actor Joseph Fiennes was cast as Michael Jackson in ""Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon," a drama about a rumored road trip Elizabeth Taylor, Jackson and Marlon Brando took to leave New York after the Sept. 11 attacks.
- Joseph Fiennes, a white actor, will play Michael Jackson in a new movie. That's not OK. http://slate.me/1OPjd0h pic.twitter.com/P8vzQEhZ5X
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— Slate (@Slate)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:25:12 - I think it's beyond stupid that Joseph Fiennes is playing Michael!!!!
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— JJ Jackson (@falbe_jamie)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:32:04 - Joseph Fiennes will play Michael Jackson. Daniel Day-Lewis is slated to play Tito.
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— Ruben Carbajal (@rubencarbajal)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:30:15 - And I'm still not over Joseph Fiennes playing Michael Jackson. Disrespectful.
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— J.M.E. (@JasmineMonet_)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:30:13 - Joseph Fiennes acting as Michael Jackson is an actual thing??
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— masimba (@MasimbaMapfumo)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:29:05 - I am so confused by the Joseph Fiennes/Michael Jackson thing. How…Why…Huh?? Makes no sense. And sounds like a super boring movie. *shrug*
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— Nina (@TheNinasphere)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:28:04 - I can't even comment on this Michael Jackson/Joseph Fiennes thing. It's so ridiculous that it feels like we're all being punk'd
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— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:20:55 - all terrible implications aside: joseph fiennes doesnt even look like michael jackson.
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— Kylo Marie (@TheKikuMarie)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:12:20 - Still frustrated with The actor playing Michael Jackson being Caucasian
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— Ra's Al Ghul (@Gr8PipeGuapo)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:53:50 - oh. it's joseph fiennes. there must've been crack in my cheerios.
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— ♕ Flanery Chick ™ (@AgeJustNumbers)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:05:36 - Having Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson is wrong on so, so many levels
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— Paul (@bowtiedbowie)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:04:17 - A white actor in the place of Michael Jackson because, America. Good going
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— Naika. (@Unique_592)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:53:36 - they cast a white man to play michael jackson and people say they don't get how hollywoods not diverse....................
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— t dawg (@tamsinhenderson)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:52:23 - "Remember that joke about how Michael Jackson's really white?" "Yup." "Let's bring it to life." https://twitter.com/thewrap/status/692229338184417281 …
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— Kashana (@kashanacauley)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:51:09 - Who in their right mind thought it'd okay for Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson? Talk about representation & diversity in media.
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— M. (@lostintheheat_)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:00:55 - why is a white man playing the role of Michael Jackson? This is ridiculous.
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— Winter Brazil (@linglanng)Wed, Jan 27 2016 15:49:51
