We'll just leave you with that headline for a moment. If you think that's a lot to take in, wait 'til you hear who was in the car with him...

While it's good that Ralph Fiennes' brother is getting a bit of the spotlight, a few eyebrows will surely be raised at him being cast as Michael Jackson (in a road trip movie... about 9/11). Or is the British actor the perfect person to play him?

According to People Magazine (via The Guardian): "Fiennes will portray Michael Jackson in an upcoming film based on an alleged road trip following the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York... The drama is based on a 2011 story in Vanity Fair, which revealed details of the expedition after all air travel to and from New York was grounded as a result of 9/11."

Hang on, it gets better: "The King of Pop reportedly drove from the Empire State to Ohio along with friends Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando in an attempt to make it back to California, according to Vanity Fair."

 

While a former employee of the King of Pop told VF that "They actually got as far as Ohio - all three of them, in a car they drove themselves," a rep for Taylor insists she wasn't part of the expedition. She: "chose to stay in New York visiting Ground Zero and praying instead."

Needless to say, producers are including the iconic actress in the line up regardless, with Stockard Channing slated to play her. As for who's playing Brando? Brian Cox. The Scottish actor, not the d-reamy physicist.