Right here is Michael Jackson's cousin Jaafar Jackson all set to play the King of Pop on the set of the upcoming MJ biopic – and we now have to say, he's the spitting picture of his late uncle.
Jaafar was in full hair, make-up and costume on location Thursday in Los Angeles' Encino neighborhood, the place cameras have been rolling for “Michael” … the primary official movie to focus on the MJ's life on the massive display.
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JJ is Jermaine Jackson's son, by the way in which, and he seems eerily much like his well-known relative right here.
Lionsgate, the studio behind the upcoming biopic, dropped the primary have a look at Jackson as MJ earlier this week… a photograph that replicates Michael's Harmful Tour from 1992-1993. Additionally in that promo picture, Jaafar was significantly channeling MJ… who handed as a lifeless ringer for the entertainer.
Now we get a barely totally different have a look at Jaafar as Michael… this time he's a bit extra formal with a white button-down shirt and tie — and we will really see what he seems like.
Nia Lengthy joined Jaafar on set on Thursday…bear in mind, she is simply too Taking part in Michael's mom, Katherine Jackson. She's additionally fully remodeled – and fairly unrecognizable.
Like Jaafar, Nia can also be a doppelgänger for her character… not too totally different from what we noticed final week when she, Colman Domingo (to play Joe Jackson) and different actors who performed the youthful Jackson 5. They have been all fully absorbed of their roles and appeared nice.
Jaafar is in fact the star… and from the seems of it, he’s turn into Michael Jackson.
The extremely anticipated biopic received't hit theaters till April 2025… and all the things we've seen to this point appears to be a success, at the least visually.
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We'll see the way it all seems when it's lastly launched. Lord is aware of MJ's many followers can be watching, and actually… so will we.
