There are lots of casting possibilities out there that didn't happen for one reason or another, but there are few more bizarre than these. Try and picture this: Michael Jackson as James Bond! Or how about Muhammad Ali as Superman? Maybe not as quite as bizarre, but certainly odd, was also the idea of Burt Reynolds donning the blue and red outfit of the Man of Steel. Each of them are actually much more than just rumors. The late Michael definitely saw himself as a sort of badass character, which you can see based on his music video for "Bad" and his adventures as Captain Eo. That short film of the same name, written by Star Wars creator George Lucas and directed by The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola, was shown at Disney theme parks for a decade beginning in 1986. But this was nothing compared to the singer's ambition to be cast as James Bond,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
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