MOVIE NEWS – There is an endless debate about how much the actor impersonating a famous person in a biopic should resemble the “original”. Should it be exactly like the person you play in every respect, or is it more important to be able to reproduce the essence of the character?

Michael’s recently completed movie about Michael Jackson can provide an interesting addition to the probably never-not-open-to-debate. This is what Antoine Fuqua (Training, The Defenders 1-3), director of the production, said about the main character of the film: “It’s amazing that he’s completely Michael,” he told Entertainment Weekly About Jaafar Jackson, who is the King of Pop’s nephew. – His voice, his movements, his radiance are exactly like that. It’s really amazing… Graham King, our producer, found it and introduced it to me, and I was completely floored by the meeting.”

Jaafar is the son of the late superstar’s brother Jermaine Jackson. Jermaine was a member of the famous band Jackson 5 and his son inherited his talent.Jaafar has been performing as a professional dancer and singer since the age of 12, which rhymes nicely with the fact that Michael Jackson first dazzled the world as a performer at the age of 11.

A similar talent was asked to impersonate the child Michael Jackson: nine-year-old Juliano Valdi plays the budding world star. “It’s rare to encounter a more difficult task than this: finding the child Michael Jackson almost caught us,” Fuqua said. – Where can we find a small child who radiates just as much talent and charisma as the world’s greatest entertainer?Julianotook this obstacle lightly, moreover, he absorbed Michael‘s art almost like his mother’s milk at a very young age.”

(Michael – domestic release: April 17, 2025)

Source: UIP Dunafilm