CNN —Though the project was never released, Joseph Fiennes being cast to play Michael Jackson in 2017 created a whitewashing controversy.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Fiennes addressed the backlash to his casting.
Fiennes had initially defended the decision in a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
It doesn’t negate who he was.”In a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jackson rejected the idea of having a white actor portray him onscreen.
Winfrey had asked him about reports that he wanted Pepsi to cast a white actor to play him as a child in a commercial.
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