Footage of Michael Jackson nervously biting his nails and mumbling lines during the filming of movie flop Miss Cast Away has been shown for the first time as U.S. TV programmes continue to chase for candid moments of the late King of Pop a month after his death.
The pop star appears dazed and confused as he struggles with his lines for a scene, which was shot at his Neverland Ranch home in California in 2003.
The footage was presented to news show The Insider by Bryan Michael Stoller, the director of the movie.
He insists Jackson appears to slur his words and struggle with his lines because he wasn't "sleeping well" at the time.
The King of Pop reportedly died from an overdose of an anaesthetic he took to help him sleep.
Jackson is seen fiddling with sunglasses and his hair as he tries to act out the scene, and a hospital name tag bracelet can clearly be seen wrapped around his wrist.
Stoller explains, "I didn't know whether that was one of his signature things."
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