Details of the improbable trip emerged in 2011 in Vanity Fair. The story goes;
Jackson invited the pair to his concert at Madison Square Garden. Following the 9/11 attacks, when air travel to and from New York was cancelled, the trio rented a car and began their quest back to California. “They actually got as far as Ohio – all three of them, in a car they drove themselves,” claimed a former employee of Jackson. Brando apparently insisted on stopping off at various fast food restaurants en route.
But one of Taylor’s ex-assistants told VF that the actor stayed behind in New York, visiting Ground Zero and praying in a church.
After being originally announced in December, Fiennes has now described the script as “a challenge”, adding,
“It’s a fun, lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek road trip of what celebrity of that kind is like. But also it’s rather beautiful and poignant about their relationships.”
On the surface, casting a white actor as Michael Jackson isn’t much of a stretch, all Fiennes has to do is stay out of the sun for the look. But it seems there are scores of good African-American actors out there that would jump at the chance to play the King of Pop. Usher, are you pissed? Amy Poehler? Oh, why not throw your hands in the air. Wheee!
