Today in “yes, really”: Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson in 9/11 dramedy
Although “Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando take a road trip to Ohio together” sounds like the setup for a joke, it’s actually the subject of an upcoming film from Sky Arts. According to The Guardian, the network is developing a movie about an urban legend involving the late icons fleeing New York City together after the 9/11 attacks. Unable to fly out of the city, Taylor, Jackson, and Brando supposedly attempted to drive home to California from New York, but only made it as far as Ohio. The story of their trip, which even inspired a short story by Zadie Smith, first started making the rounds in 2011 after Taylor’s former personal assistant gabbed to Vanity Fair.