Joseph Fiennes wants to take back ever having played the King of Pop — even if the episode never saw the light of day.In a new interview with The Observer, Fiennes expressed regret about the time he played Michael Jackson in a pulled episode of the Sky Arts’ anthology series “Urban Myths” in 2017.
A trailer for the episode at the time stirred accusations of whitewashing, with backlash to white actor Fiennes playing the Black singer.
The episode centered on a road trip after September 11 in which Fiennes’ Jackson is joined by Brian Cox as Marlon Brando and Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor.“I think people are absolutely right to be upset,” Fiennes told The Observer.
“And it was a wrong decision.
Absolutely.
And I’m one part of that — there are producers, broadcasters, writers, directors, all involved in these decisions.
But obviously if I’m upfront, I have become the voice for other people.
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