Spider-Man Dream

Michael tried to buy cash-strapped Marvel Comics during the 1990s in an attempt to realise his ambition of playing Spider-Man in a film.

However, the Smooth Criminal hitmaker's dream was never fulfilled because he was unable to land the film rights – which were separate from Marvel at the time.

Marvel's late creative chief Stan Lee said back in 2009: "He wanted to do Spider-Man... I'm not sure whether he just wanted to produce it, or wanted to play the role. Our conversations never got that far along."