14 Impossibly Weird Things Michael Jackson Never Quite Accomplished
![14 Impossibly Weird Things Michael Jackson Never Quite Accomplished](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/0/785790_320x180.jpg)
We love Michael Jackson. Seriously. Thriller? Come on. We dare you not to tap your foot or bop your head when that classic tune comes on the radio. MJ survived a very difficult childhood and went on to become an incredible talent who has had an impact on music that will undoubtedly last for decades to come. Here's the thing though, even setting aside his controversies, the guy was not exactly normal. Ok, we'll come out and say it. Michael Jackson was a weird guy. If he had his way, he would have been exponentially weirder.
We did a deep dive into all of the Michael Jackson facts that were weird even by his standards. For example, Michael Jackson wanted to start a movie franchise where he was a dancing knight. A mysterious phone call kept him from attending a meeting on the top floor of the twin towers on the morning of September 11th.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Want to learn more? You know where to find it. Hint: scroll down.
![He almost owned Marvel HNER CRACKED He nearly teamed up with Stan Lee to purchase Marvel, and was particularly interested in the film rights to Spider-Man. Lee is pretty sure Jackson wanted to actually play the lead role.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/6/785806.jpg)
Source: Comics Alliance
![He wanted to be a mime and a dancing knight CRACKED.COM Among the Michael Jackson vehicles that never quite got off the ground were Street Dandy, about a bunch of street performers who hang out at a cafe, and Midknight, about a boy who turns into a dancing knight after midnight.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/5/785805.jpg)
Source: MentalFloss
![He wanted to do a duet with Prince... until he didn't CRACKED.co 1987's Bad was originally conceived as a duet, but Prince was uncomfortable singing Your butt is mine to MJ, or vice versa. Prince later asked Jackson to sing with him on a Batman soundtrack, but he said he was too busy.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/3/785803.jpg)
Source: YouTube
![He wanted to be Quasimodo CRACKED.COM Jackson was obsessed with 1939's The Hunchback of lotre-Dame, and made extensive plans with a screenwriter friend of his to create and star in an updated film.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/4/785804.jpg)
Source: MentalFloss
![He almost built 2 theme parks CRACKED.COM He teamed up with a Saudi prince to design a Peter Pan-themed park called Neverland, and with a Detroit casino magnate for The Thriller Theme Park. Neither panned out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/1/785801.jpg)
Source: WDIV Detroit
![He was almost Professor X CRACKED.COM X-Men very nearly featured Michael Jackson as Professor X, and Janet Jackson as Storm.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/2/785802.jpg)
Source: Den of Geek
![He was almost at the WTC on 9/11 CRACKED.CO Jermaine Jackson says that Michael had a meeting booked at the top of one of the towers on the morning of 9/11. He only missed it because he was hung over from talking to his mom on the phone all night.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/8/785798.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian
![He wanted to be Peter Pan CRACKEDG .COM Spielberg was actually working on a Jackson-centric Peter Pan movie in the early 80's. But the rights were bought by Disney Studios, who capped the budget at $20 million. Jackson alone would have cost $10 millinn, SO he was booted.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/5/785795.jpg)
Source: Star-News
![He wanted to make a Harry Potter musical GRACKED.COM J. K. Rowling told Oprah Michael Jackson wanted to do a musical. I said 'no' to a lot of things.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/0/785800.jpg)
Source: Metro
![He wanted to be Willie Wonka CRACKED.COM Jackson created and delivered a soundtrack for the movie, unprompted, to Warner Bros. They actually liked it, but Jackson said they could only use it if they let him play Wonka.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/9/785799.jpg)
Source: Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson
![He wanted to buy the Elephant Man's bones IMALI SING CRACKED.COM Jackson visited, and asked to purchase, the skeleton of Joseph Carey Merrick from London Hospital Medical College. They informed him that they were a med school, not a garage sale, to which he replied with a second, $1 million offer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/6/785796.jpg)
Source: Chicago Tribune
![He wanted to be Jar Jar Binks CRACKED.COM George Lucas wanted Jackson to play Jar Jar in Episode 1, but Jackson would only do it if he got to wear a ton of stupid floppy prosthetics, none of that phony CGI nonsense.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/4/785794.jpg)
Source: Telegraph
![He wanted to be Edward Scissorhands CRACKED Tim Burton made a lot of weird decisions in the making of Edward Scissorhands, but his best move by far was slapping down Michael Jackson's insistence that he play Edward.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/7/785797.jpg)
![He wanted a 50-foot moonwalking robot CRACKED.COM Remember the giant robotic spider from Wild Wild West? Jackson wanted to build ONE of those in the Nevada desert, except instead of a spider, it was a perpetually dancing Michael Jackson.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/3/785793.jpg)
Source: The Guardian