Actor Joseph Fiennes Regrets 'Bad Mistake' of Portraying Michael Jackson
- Joseph Fiennes expressed regret for playing Michael Jackson in a pulled 2017 episode of Sky Arts’ anthology series “Urban Myths”
- Fiennes acknowledged the whitewashing backlash and lighter skin tone prosthetic nose used to play Jackson
- Sky pulled the episode before its intended broadcast due to concerns expressed by Michael Jackson’s immediate family
- Fiennes rejected a five-picture deal from Miramax after being bullied by Harvey Weinstein
- Fiennes most recently appeared in the Netflix action movie “The Mother,” which has become one of the streamer’s most-watched English-language movies of all time