LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s daughter says she was inspired to be an actress after seeing her father in the film “Moonwalker.”
“I knew he could sing really well, but I didn’t know he could act,” Paris Jackson told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, according to a transcript of the episode to air today. “I saw that and I said, ‘Wow, I want to be just like him.’ “
The 1988 film features Jackson’s signature dance move and other video.
Paris said her father, who died in 2009, encouraged her and did improvisation sessions to develop her skills.
The 13-year-old has been cast alongside Larry King in a film based on a new children’s book, “Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys,” which is in early stages of development. The Internet Movie Database shows that the film is tentatively scheduled for a 2013 release.
The Associated Press
