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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
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