Michael Jackson pleaded with Warner Bros. to use him as the lead in Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman."
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Gaiman revealed this on Josh Horowitz's "Happy Sad Confused" show that Michael Jackson apparently called Warner Bros. president at the time after winning a Grammy to inquire about appearing in a TV version.
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Jackson was interested in playing Morpheus, the role currently held by Tom Sturridge in the Netflix series.
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When Gaiman visited Warner Bros. in 1996, he was escorted there by "the then-president of Warner Bros.
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seated me and informed me that he had spoken with Michael Jackson Gaiman's comic book series first featured on television in 1991.
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Before his tragic passing in 2009, Jackson, a two-time Emmy nominee, appeared in the popular movies "The Wiz," "Moonwalker," and "Men in Black II."
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Morpheus was supposed to be played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 2013, however he departed the film due to creative disagreements.