Nia Long will be playing the role of a lifetime when she plays Katherine Jackson, the other of Michael Jackson.
The acclaimed actress will be portraying the Jackson family matriarch in the upcoming biopic Michael.
Long said, “I get so emotional” when PEOPLE asked her about the role.
“I know what it is to be a mother,” Long said.. “But I don’t know what it is to raise a superstar.”
Long added that Katherine’s “journey is rooted in grace, and her spirit is strong and kind. Those are the things I think of when I think of Katherine Jackson. I haven’t had the opportunity to meet her, but I do hope that she enjoyed the film.”
Long aslo shared that the film is still in development.
“We are all waiting to see the film,” Long said.
Long noted that it “was an opportunity of a lifetime — and not kind of a dream come true, a dream come true.”
“All of these wonderful things are happening at once, and … I haven’t wrapped my head around everything yet. I know I’ve worked really hard for everything, but it hasn’t landed yet,” she went on. “It still feels not real.”
It’s allowing me to enjoy it and it’s allowing me to be grateful and to live with a great deal of humility,” Long continued. “I’m feeling really, really blessed right now.”
In Michael Long will star alongside Long and Colman Domingo, who plays Joe Jackson. Jaafar Jackson, nephew and Jermaine’s son, will play Michael.
In addition to Michael, Long and Larenz Tate are set to reunite as the leads of a new untitled romantic drama for Netflix.
While the synopsis is currently being held under wraps but what we do know is that the film takes inspiration from Urban Hang Suite, the classic debut album from Maxwell.
Long and Tate first worked together in the classic film Love Jones in 1995.