“Sandman“, his popular comic Neil Gaimanwas recently introduced to the small screen and was a huge success thanks to its platform. Netflix. But before the series was available on the famous streaming service, there was another adaptation: this time from 1990.

There were a lot of celebrities who wanted to be part of the TV project, but there might be someone you wouldn’t expect to be interested in a role. OUR Michael Jackson he will play Morpheus, a character played by Tom Sturridge in the Netflix series.

As a popular fantasy author mentioned on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, “In 1996, I went to Warner Bros. and the then president told me that Jackson had asked him over the phone if he could play his role as Morpheus in Sandy”. human”. And he added: “Therefore, there was a lot of interest, and I was surprised.”

The Gaiman comic series ran from 1989 to 1996, with TV adaptations appearing as early as 1991. Prior to this, the two-time Emmy nominee King of Pop participated in the projects The Magician, Moonwalk and Men in Black 2. his death in 2009.
In 2013, The Sandman’s production company offered Joseph Gordon-Levitt the role of Morpheus. But over time, artistic differences arose.
The Netflix series The Sandman, co-created by Gaiman, has topped the viewership ratings and is expected to be renewed for a second season.

According to IndieWire