However, producers never took Jackson’s bid seriously, with one saying: “Michael was already in the thick of all his allegations by X-Men.”

It’s understandable MJ was keen on playing Charles Xavier, considering he was such a big Marvel fan.

In fact, the late star once tried to buy the rights to the comics company well before Disney.

The King of Pop’s nephew Taj Jackson told Popcorn Planet: “It was Marvel and I remember that.”