United Kingdom, April 22 -- Jaafar Jackson says it is a "misconception" that his uncle Michael Jackson "wanted to be white".

The 29-year-old actor portrays the late King of Pop in the new biopic Michael and has described how the movie will give new insight into how the Thriller hitmaker was affected by his battle with vitiligo - a disorder that causes the skin to lose its pigment and white patches to appear.

Asked for the biggest misconception about Michael, Jaafar told Extra: "I would say that he wanted to be white. That's a big misconception, and this film gives you that understanding of what that is, you know, that vitiligo played a part in his life, and not a lot of people really understand what that is and he was dealing with that ...