How Much Of Michael Jackson’s Voice Is In The Biopic? Here’s What The Filmmakers Told Us

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The thing about "Michael" is when you’re watching it, it feels like Michael Jackson is in front of you. No wonder it’s gone on to become one of the biggest 2026 movies so far, continuing to make bank at the box office this past weekend. If you're like me, you probably wondered how much of the music in the film features the legend’s actual voice and how much comes from the actors playing him. Before anyone goes jumping off the wall, we have an answer for you.  When CinemaBlend spoke to director Antoine Fuqua and producer Graham King about the making of "Michael," the filmmakers revealed to us a bunch of things like how Jaafar Jackson debuted his moonwalk to them and what it was like to shoot those immersive concert scenes. Here’s what King said about the role of Michael Jackson’s voice in the movie

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00:00How much of the singing is him, and how much did you use maybe like archival...

00:05The masters?

00:06Yeah, masters.

00:07It's a blend.

00:08Yeah, it's a blend, yeah.

00:09It's a blend with both of them, with Jafar and Giuliano and Michael.

00:13Yeah.

00:13And I think always the audience, you know, they're not there, obviously.

00:17They're showing up to see a cinematic experience more than they are listening.

00:22But it's always fun when they can sing a little like Michael,

00:25especially Giuliano, who's loving you.

00:27Yeah.

00:28That acapella, he belted that out.

00:30So, it's always a blend.

00:32Yeah, it's always a blend, yeah.

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