Michael Cooper Jr. Never Saw Anyone Like His ‘Forever’ Character Before
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The newcomer plays a complicated teen swept into a love more tangled than he ever imagined in Mara Brock Akil’s Judy Blume adaptation.
Michael Cooper Jr. has an innocence about him, the kind of unguarded charm that feels rare these days.
Perhaps that comes from playing an awkward teenager stumbling through first love in “Forever,” Netflix’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s beloved 1975 novel. Or maybe it stems from being a fresh face in Hollywood, stepping into his first leading role on television after only a couple of years of acting. Whatever the reason, it suits him.
Sitting in front of me on Zoom less than two weeks before his show’s premiere, the actor, 23, radiates a humble warmth that suggests fame hasn’t upended his life yet — even after I tell him about the flurry of “Forever” fan edits and gifs already circulating on social media (which he stays off of), created by viewers eager to see young Black love back on their screens.
Though Cooper is on the verge of a career breakthrough, the rising star isn’t letting his debut as a leading man go to his head. It’s refreshing to see.
You may recognize Cooper from Sanaa Lathan’s 2022 directorial debut “On the Come Up” or even the quietly released horror movie “The Inhabitant,” where he starred alongside “The White Lotus” star Leslie Bibb. But “Forever” marks the young actor’s true arrival, as he steps into the role of Justin Edwards, the tender-hearted teen who falls hard for his childhood friend, Keisha Clark (played by the effervescent Lovie Simone).
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