American horror story's joseph fiennes to play michael jackson in 9/11 road trip movi

Joseph Fiennes, who played Monsignor Timothy Howard in American Horror Story: Asylum, has been cast as Michael Jackson in a movie about the pop star's alleged road trip following the events of 9/11.

According to a 2011 Vanity Fair report, with air travel shut down, the King of Pop, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando rented a car in an attempt to drive back to California together. While an assistant to Taylor denies the report, one of Jackson's former employees claims the group made it to Ohio before calling it quits.


Fiennes calls the film a "fun, light-hearted tongue in cheek road trip of what celebrity of that kind is like." He goes on to say it's also "rather beautiful and poignant about their relationships as well."

The Guardian reports Scottish actor Brian Cox and Stockard Channing (Grease) will join Fiennes as Brando and Taylor, respectively.

Written by Neil Forsyth, the road trip comedy will air on TV network Sky Arts.

I honestly don't have any issue with Joseph Fiennes playing the role of Michael Jackson and I don't see why so many people are making such a fuss about it. Isn't that the point of acting? I look forward to seeing the film/movie.