{"id":536733,"date":"2026-03-21T13:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536733\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:03:10","slug":"nia-long-explains-how-she-prepared-to-play-michael-jacksons-mom-in-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536733\/","title":{"rendered":"Nia Long Explains How She Prepared To Play Michael Jackson&#8217;s Mom in Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          &#8216;Michael&#8217; Star Nia Long<br \/>\n                          I Played MJ&#8217;s Mom With the &#8216;ABC&#8217;s of a Loving Parent<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              March 20, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:52 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7511dfa8780149bb9968347797d99a6a_md.png\" alt=\"031826 nia long kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nia-long\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nia Long<\/a> is sharing some insight from her work in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-jackson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a> biopic &#8230; telling TMZ how she prepared to play the role of the King of Pop&#8217;s mother.<\/p>\n<p>We got Nia in New York City, and our photog asked her what fans should expect from the film &#8230; and what she did to get ready to channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/katherine-jackson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260320_9ac0a55490e3418f9ccfac023346b0df\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d564887a-bd46-4e06-ba48-5e64bc21ac1c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9ac0a55490e3418f9ccfac023346b0df_md.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Jackson getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nia says she leaned into being what a parent and a good mother does &#8230; namely, grace and love.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The actress also said the film is super exciting and entertaining &#8230; and she made her pitch for folks to bring their families to the theater.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/85ee5e7eef74440ba624969a1820c458_md.png\" alt=\"020226_michael_jackson_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    Lionsgate<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already seen the full-length trailer for the long-awaited biopic &#8230; and it&#8217;s cool to get some insight from Nia here.<\/p>\n<p>Nia also tells us who from the Jackson family gave her feedback on her work.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Fuqua&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Michael&#8221; is set to hit theaters April 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Michael&#8217; Star Nia Long I Played MJ&#8217;s Mom With the &#8216;ABC&#8217;s of a Loving Parent Published March 20,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-536733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}