A British broadcaster has cancelled a TV comedy starring Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson.
Sky Arts says it has decided not to broadcast the program "in light of the concerns expressed by Michael Jackson's immediate family." It says Fiennes supports the decision.
Sky had been criticized for casting a white actor as the late musician in "Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon."
Jackson's daughter Paris tweeted that she wanted to vomit after watching a trailer for the show.
@TheMJCast i'm so incredibly offended by it, as i'm sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit.
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) January 11, 2017
@TheMJCast it angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting, not just towards my father, but my godmother liz as well
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) January 11, 2017
@TheMJCast where is the respect? they worked through blood sweat and tears for ages to create such profound and remarkable legacies. shameful portrayal
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) January 11, 2017
The show is an episode in the "Urban Myths'' series, which Sky says looks at "remarkable stories from well-known historical, artistic and cultural figures, which may or may not have happened in real life.''
It centres on a supposed road trip taken by Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando in 2001.