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4. Michael Jackson Tried To Buy Marvel So That He Could Play Spider-Man
It’s fairly well-known that Michael Jackson was a comic book fan. What’s a little more shocking is that back in the 90s, he loved comics so much that he tried to outright buy Marvel. In doing so, his ultimate goal was to produce and star in a Spider-Man film.
At the time, Stan Lee had recently been screwed out of some of his power at Marvel so Jackson sought to team up with him and purchase Marvel as a whole. Despite going so far as to visit each other’s houses, they never really came close to actually buying Marvel. That didn’t stop Jackson from trying to at least acquire the rights for Spider-Man, but Lee didn’t own those, foiling the king of pop again.
You’ve got to admire Jackson, who saw what he wanted and knew realistically that this was the only way to make it happen. Thankfully, he couldn’t get it together.