Michael Jackson’s Longtime Pal
What I Want For MJ
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Canadian filmmaker Bryan Michael Stoller, a longtime good friend of Michael Jackson‘s, hasn’t seen the upcoming biopic “Michael” … however he tells TMZ he is obtained excessive expectations.
After we bumped into Bryan in Studio Metropolis Monday, he advised us he is solely seen the trailer for the film like everybody else … however he already has a robust instinct for the way his late pal would have accepted the movie.
Bryan mentioned having Michael’s nephew Jaafar Jackson play him would have been sufficient to win him over.
However Bryan has reservations. He says he was stunned nobody contacted him to reply questions in regards to the King of Pop, since he was so near the late pop star … which raised considerations for him in regards to the movie’s accuracy.
One factor he hopes the biopic will get proper is how a lot Michael cared in regards to the world and giving again.
Bryan famous, “He did so many charities, and he gave a lot cash, and he gave a lot of himself, and a number of the press did not cowl that … he actually wished to make the world a greater place.”
And it is no shock he hopes the film steers away from the sexual abuse allegations and subsequent trial Michael endured.
Bryan says he knew Michael for greater than 30 years and by no means noticed something suspicious.
He insisted … “I would not have been by his aspect if I did not consider he was 1,000-percent harmless.”
Reportedly, the challenge needed to movie intensive reshoots, probably to take out mentions of Jordan Chandler‘s accusations of molestation towards the icon.
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Michael’s authorized group reportedly made a cope with the Chandler household to not embrace them in any films about Michael’s life.
“Michael” is due out April 24.
