The film adaptation of Sandman almost featured Michael Jackson. Writer Neil Gaiman, creator of the character, said this came close to what happened in the 1990s, when Warner contemplated filming comics.
In an interview for the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Gaiman revealed that he found out when Warner invited him to a meeting, where he was consulted on what he thought of the King of Pop playing Morpheus.
“In 1996, I was taken to Warner headquarters, where the then president of Warner Bros. sat down with me and told me that Michael Jackson had called him the day before and asked if he could play the role of Morpheus in “Sandman”. Was very interested and they believed it was one of the crown jewels, and they wanted to know what I thought of it. I said … hmmm, “Gaiman said, laughing.
Earlier this week, Gaiman said he worked to sabotage this film. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, he said he even received a script for the adaptation in 1998, which would be produced by Jon Peters. He described the pages as “the worst script he has ever read”.
In order to jeopardize that production and prevent that from happening, Gaiman anonymously leaked the script to the Ain’t It Cool News website, which was once the largest movie news portal on the internet. “And suddenly, the prospect of that movie happening vanished,” the author summed up.
After countless comings and goings, “Sandman” finally won an adaptation that Gaiman considers worthy as a series on Netflix, where he led the streaming audience.
See below the excerpt of the writer’s interview with the Michael Jackson quote.
Michael Jackson wanted to play Morpheus in THE SANDMAN. Yes, you read that correctly.
See the complete #felicetristeconfuso with @ the same here: https://t.co/04iXe0GGvp pic.twitter.com/vrchzPHAsU
– Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) August 26, 2022
Source: Terra
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