Breakfast Buzz: Is it OK to cast Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson?

SASKATOON – Joseph Fiennes has been cast as the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, in a TV drama set to broadcast later this year. Fiennes will play Jackson in Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon,  which will tell the story of a – possibly fictitious – road trip the three stars are rumoured to have made in an attempt to leave New York after the Sept. 11 attacks.

READ MORE: Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson in upcoming TV drama

The problem? Fiennes is Caucasian and Jackson was of African decent.

The casting news comes amid the intense #OscarsSoWhite debate about lack of diversity in Hollywood, sparked by an all-white slate of Academy Awards acting nominees.

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