Outrage over first look at Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson in Urban Myths

By Rob Moran
Updated January 12 2017 - 6:10pm, first published 5:57pm
Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson, Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor and Brian Cox as Marlon Brando in in Sky Arts' upcoming series, <i>Urban Myths</i>. Photo: Sky Arts
Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson, Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor and Brian Cox as Marlon Brando in in Sky Arts' upcoming series, <i>Urban Myths</i>. Photo: Sky Arts
Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson in <i>Urban Myths</i>. Photo: Sky Arts
Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson in <i>Urban Myths</i>. Photo: Sky Arts

Just over a year ago, with the fallout of #OscarsSoWhite front-and-centre of Hollywood discussions, the internet reacted with outrage to news that white British actor Joseph Fiennes would be playing pop icon Michael Jackson in an upcoming project.

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