EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Man Cast as Michael Jackson in Upcoming Lifetime Movie

I really wonder if it really went down that way is that how Michael Jackson taught his kids to moonwalk it is just one of the many cool moments from the new lifetime movie about his life and nischelle Turner went behind the scenes with the man who is playing the King of Pop Make A Wish I'm supposed to tell I wish we could go back home to Neverland we can't ever go back to Neverland that lease been contaminated by evil who is the man cast to play Michael his name is Navi the Trinidad native says that for 17 years he was hired by Jackson himself to work as his body double the 40-something performer has had numerous plastic surgery operations changing his nose cheekbones and chin just to look more like the King of Pop it's shocking how similar you look to him I used to work for him as a decoy and I performed at his birthday parties and when he went through the trials I stood outside the courthouse and I stood there with a sign saying smooth another criminal and to me it was important that I wanted Michael to know that I believe in him Michael Jackson searching for Neverland focuses on the last three years of MJ's life as told through the eyes of his two bodyguards one family incident you'll see is blanket mischievously pressing one of the panic buttons the security team had placed throughout the house the armed guards come running blanket that's not funny get over here everybody time for school I thought about owning the gun once then I realized probably too many people don't want to shoot have you spoken to the family or the kids about about this film I have spoken to the family in the past but I haven't spoken to them about this project but you know I believe that when this project is out they will know itself a fair and true portrayal Paris Jackson has been invited to the set but is yet to come check out the biopic which is based on the best-selling book remember the time nabis goal is to give an authentic performance out of respect to Michael himself if he knew Michael Jackson he would onto the phone and loved on to the phone he was so disconnected against his own will I stood with him in a hotel room and looked down at fans that were gathering and he would sometimes put on the outfits and disguises and go out there because he would send pizza in the middle of the night and because they were cold and you know he loved his fans when you're done with this will you go back to impersonating him or do you feel like you will leave that chapter in the past of your life I'm going back to pick up my glove put on my shoes and get back on say [Music]

Channel: Entertainment Tonight

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Length: 3min 11sec (191 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 25 2017