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In this video, Bryan Michael Stoller shares his fondest memories of his friendship with Michael Jackson, including funny moments, watching movies together at Michael's Neverland cinema, and witnessing Michael's humanitarian acts.

Discover NEW details on Michael's secret movie career, Michael's appearance in Miss Castaway and the Island Girls, the This Is It concerts and MJ's work ethic.


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Miss Cast Away was barely a movie.
What ā€œsecret movie career,ā€ exactly? He didnā€™t have one. At all.


Michael Jackson was a bad actor. Full stop. If he had even minimal acting ability, there would be a trail of rolesā€”good, bad, forgettable, something. Thereā€™s nothing. And this is someone with unlimited money, total creative control, and the power to self-produce whatever he wanted (and he produced Moonwalker....) . If acting had truly mattered to him, films would exist. REAL FILMS.

They donā€™t.


What did exist was the idea of him as a misunderstood, would-be auteur: the fragile pop star who ā€œjust wanted to act and direct.ā€ It was a pose. A mystique enhancer. Saying he wanted to act was more useful than actually doing itā€”because trying, failing, and being judged wouldā€™ve shattered the myth.

So no, there was no lost film career.
There was a narrative. And he preferred the narrative to the work.
 
As much as MJ was enthralled by film, The Wiz, Moonwalker, Captain EO and Ghosts didn't show a promising film career, but they showed he tried. I think his best story telling format was music and short films, his story telling abilities just didn't translate as well into film.
 
Rockin R said:
There was a narrative. And he preferred the narrative to the work.
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This narrative was apparently also a way for him to remain constantly in the limelight (i.e., featured in the news).
jasmine.uddin said:
As much as MJ was enthralled by film, The Wiz, Moonwalker, Captain EO and Ghosts didn't show a promising film career, but they showed he tried. I think his best story telling format was music and short films, his story telling abilities just didn't translate as well into film.
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This is a general phenomenon.

Very successful singers (like, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Elvis Presley, Mariah Carey, etc) rarely become also good actors in films.
 
I think his acting in Ghosts is quite okay, but that might be because he's basically playing himself and was therefore able to get into the role better.
 
Rockin R said:
What did exist was the idea of him as a misunderstood, would-be auteur: the fragile pop star who ā€œjust wanted to act and direct.ā€ It was a pose. A mystique enhancer. Saying he wanted to act was more useful than actually doing itā€”because trying, failing, and being judged wouldā€™ve shattered the myth.

So no, there was no lost film career.
There was a narrative. And he preferred the narrative to the work.
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He was just way too characteristic to be cast as 'normal' person and even for the special ones and no he couldn't really act.

That doesn't mean it was a pose at all, he definitely wanted it himself
 
Hot_Street said:
I think his acting in Ghosts is quite okay, but that might be because he's basically playing himself and was therefore able to get into the role better.
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Generally, if an actors ability is limited to playing alternative versions of themselves (or the same character), they aren't considered to have great acting ability/range. Although, I think many professional actors do fall into this category as well (Hugh Grant for example).

MJ did also play the Mayor role in Ghosts, but it came across as a playground bully and really lacked nuance/dimension.
 
I feel Michael "typecast" himself as himself because that's the most authentic way and he needed that. I'm sure it was very cathartic for him, as well as he may have took it personal when others didn't get what he was actually trying to do.

He also played other characters, like monsters or cartoons (Simpsons included) and I think he did that very well.

In his last years he was aiming more towards being behind the camera and directing. He said as much in interviews.
The fact that didn't happen was due to other circumstances, not a lack of talent.
The movie industry is the most cynical and selfish one and there is a lot of back stabbing.

Will watch the interview now ā˜ŗļø
 
Very nice interview.
Bryan seems like a very genuine friend. Very sad to hear that he tried to visit Michael during TII but security didn't let him.
 
Michael was no actor and couldnā€™t be taken seriously as one sadly. The whole wanting to act or direct is pie in the sky stuff especially in his later years.

His speaking voice ridiculed for decades . There was no way on earth that the public could not see anybody other than Michael Jackson unless under extreme prosthetics.

I remember when Captain Eo got re-released at Disney parks after his death and people were laughing at his ā€˜weā€™re going inā€™ comment as soon as he appeared on screen (after the applause)
 
jasmine.uddin said:
As much as MJ was enthralled by film, The Wiz, Moonwalker, Captain EO and Ghosts didn't show a promising film career, but they showed he tried. I think his best story telling format was music and short films, his story telling abilities just didn't translate as well into film.
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I agree that Michael wasn't a good actor, which is why it boggles my mind that people think he was some kind of pedo criminal mastermind who somehow fooled the whole world and everyone around him for the 30+ years he was an adult.
 
kelley said:
I agree that Michael wasn't a good actor, which is why it boggles my mind that people think he was some kind of pedo criminal mastermind who somehow fooled the whole world and everyone around him for the 30+ years he was an adult.
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I think it's important not to conflate things.

Professional acting ability has nothing to do with paedophiles who fool others for decades (obviously not referring to MJ).

Playing a nuanced character is different to grooming and covering criminal behaviour.
 
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jasmine.uddin said:
I think it's important not to conflate things.

Professional acting ability has nothing to do with paedophiles who fool others for decades (obviously not referring to MJ).

Playing a nuanced character is different to grooming and covering criminal behaviour.
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No it's not.
 
Michael was a great actor whenever he played a role, he was only awkward when he was playing himself. But you can't seriously say he wasn't great as a zombie or a werewolf! I think the problem is that Michael always wanted to play the good guy, when actually he was a better actor when he played bad guys. Just look at the Bad video... he's just playing himself in the beginning of the video and the delivery of his lines is a bit awkward... but once he becomes "bad" his acting skills really kick in.

Michael was too recognizable to be an actor anyway, the only way he could have done it outside of his music videos would have been to wear a mask and change his voice to the point where people wouldn't have known it was him.
 
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