{"id":7229,"date":"2026-04-06T21:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/jaafar-jackson-says-hes-excited-for-people-to-watch-michael-get-a-better-understanding-of-the-king-of-pop-korn-news-radio\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:25:39","slug":"jaafar-jackson-says-hes-excited-for-people-to-watch-michael-get-a-better-understanding-of-the-king-of-pop-korn-news-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/jaafar-jackson-says-hes-excited-for-people-to-watch-michael-get-a-better-understanding-of-the-king-of-pop-korn-news-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaafar Jackson says he\u2019s excited for people to watch \u2018Michael,\u2019 get a better understanding of the King of Pop – KORN News Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaafar Jackson stars in the\u00a0upcoming biopic\u00a0Michael\u00a0<\/em>as Michael Jackson\u00a0alongside Colman Domingo as his father, Joseph Jackson. Reflecting on their first meeting, Jaafar\u00a0described what it was like to connect on set.
“I remember seeing Colman for the first time when I was at the Sony stages,” he told Miles Teller in a chat for Interview<\/em>\u00a0Magazine<\/em><\/a>. “[H]e came and visited while I was on stage rehearsing. He was just standing on the side of the stage looking at me, but I didn\u2019t know.”
Afterward, \u201cHe walked up to me and we just hugged,\u201d Jaafar recalled. \u201cI really felt that love and protection from Colman throughout the entire shoot.\u201d
“It was crazy for me to see him bring Joseph [Jackson] to life. He was so locked in, and we weren\u2019t even rolling,” he added,\u00a0noting that memories of his grandfather came to mind during filming.
He also described it as \u201cvery emotional\u201d watching Nia Long portray his grandmother Katherine Jackson, and displaying “that love and that passion and those little subtleties that really make her who she is.”
Jaafar revealed it took him a year to tell his family about landing the role. While his mother was blown away, his father, Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, has yet to watch the film.
As for his own thoughts on his performance, Jaafar admitted he questioned some scenes but ultimately felt proud and continues to “find new things to appreciate.”
With the film coming out April 24, he said he’s most excited for audiences\u00a0to see a more human side of Michael.
“A lot of people are familiar with the iconic moments, but there\u2019s a whole emotional layer that hasn\u2019t ever really been seen,” Jaafar said. “I feel like people will understand him a lot more.”
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Jaafar Jackson stars in the\u00a0upcoming biopic\u00a0Michael\u00a0as Michael Jackson\u00a0alongside Colman Domingo as his father, Joseph Jackson. Reflecting on their first meeting, Jaafar\u00a0described what it was like to connect on set.“I remember seeing Colman for the first time when I was at the Sony stages,” he told Miles Teller in a chat for Interview\u00a0Magazine. “[H]e came and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}