‘It’s important that Michael’s voice is heard’: Jaafar Jackson says second biopic of his uncle will cover sexual abuse allegations
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Of all the criticisms levelled at the authorised biopic of Michael Jackson released earlier this year, the most persistent was that Antoine Fuqua’s film failed to mention the sexual abuse allegations against the singer. In part, this was due to a legal clause, only spotted late in production, which stipulated that one of the men who accused Jackson of abusing them as a boy could never be depicted in a fictionalised account of the period. A sequence involving a police raid at the Neverland ranch was cut, $50m (£37m) of reshoots were funded by the Jackson family, and the narrative was curtailed early. However, the enormous box office response to the film, which recently overtook Oppenheimer as the highest-grossing biopic of all time, has meant a sequel is inevitable. Speaking to Variety, star Jaafar Jackson – the nephew of the man he plays – downplayed the first film’s production woes, saying: “I’ve heard many stories from other actors about how much you shoot on a project that doesn’t make it into the final picture. “In the editing room, you go through scenes looking for specific performances or takes and things change constantly.
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