Snipes Turned Bodyguard For Terrified Jackson On Bad Video Set
By WENNFriday, April 2, 2010
MICHAEL JACKSON was so scared as he shot his BAD video in Harlem, New York, he held hands with co-star WESLEY SNIPES.
The Hollywood actor played a gang leader in the 16-minute music video, which was shot in 1987, and he recalls the King Of Pop was terrified of the rough neighbourhood - and so enlisted Snipes to help him feel safe.
The actor tells America’s GQ magazine, “I think Michael was a little scared being in Harlem. We were holding hands walking down the street. I was like, ‘Hang in there, Michael. Don’t worry about it, brother - I got you.’ I went from being the actor in the scene with him to bodyguarding him.
“The people were calling out his name - some favourably, some not so favourably. Some were happy that Michael was in the hood; some were like, ‘Yo, Mike, get the f**k out of the hood. We’re not feeling you, man. F**king Michael Jackson.’
“(They were) yelling it across the street. And he’s hearing this. They felt detached from Michael. They felt as though Michael had moved (on) from the black community.
“He turned to me, and he says, ‘Are you scared?’ I was like, ‘What? Scared of what?’ ‘You know, the people and everything. Aren’t you scared of them?’ I was like, ‘Nah, Mike. I grew up here. This is all good. Are you scared?’ He was like, ‘Yeah, a little.’”
