Flex Alexander (UPN's ''One on One'') wants to be startin' something: He's playing the King of Pop in VH1's ''Man in the Mirror: Michael Jackson Story,'' airing Aug. 6 at 9 p.m.
Why take on this role?
[When] I sat down with the producers and saw that it wasn't a
Michael-bashing movie, I was all in. I've always been a Michael
fan. I wanted to become a Jehovah's Witness -- that's how much of a
fan I was. How did you nail the voice? Tight underwear? Nobody
pinching me, none of that. I watched tapes to get his cadence. He's
very soft-spoken. In interviews, with questions that are more
difficult or irritate him, he goes in a deeper register.
How's your moonwalk?
I was doing that back in the day -- the electric boogie and the break
dancing -- so that was easy.
What was the makeup process like?
[His current face] was my least favorite because that took the
longest. We didn't do any prosthetics because I wanted people to
pay attention to the movie and not say, ''Oh, man, look at the
chin!''
By the way, are you expecting quadruplets?
I have a son and a daughter. That's it. The shop is closed.
