00:01I knew how challenging this would be to take on playing Michael Jackson and it
00:09was not easy. Definitely wasn't. Every move matters. Every detail matters. You
00:14can't just go through a Michael Jackson move casually. I met with Rich and Tone
00:20who are Michael's choreographers and we were wondering can Jafar really do this?
00:24Can he really do the most iconic moves the world has seen? Land like this. Yeah I'm
00:30always on the wrong side. And Jafar said just give me some time. I love challenges
00:37and I wanted to prove to myself my family and the filmmakers that I I can do this.
00:44That control of the weight shift the smoother it's gonna look. I started to
00:50rehearse for hours and hours upon hours until one single move was right. Dancing
00:56until my feet would bleed or them go numb. There's so many times I would wake up
01:02sore like should I go rehearse? Should I just take a break and let the body relax?
01:08Then the other part of my mind would be like no what would Michael do?
01:11Let's do it again. Yeah I missed that. Yeah. Yeah. Jafar never stopped dancing. He was
01:16rehearsing all the way up to the moment we started filming. It's natural. It's a flow.
01:21All together. I remember looking in the mirror right before we going on stage. I
01:25had the full hair makeup and wardrobe and I had a couple moments to myself just
01:29saying like wow I'm really here. There's no going back. It's time to go out
01:34there and put on the best show ever.
01:39That is what I want the world to feel.
01:44magic.
01:45you
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