Wesley Snipes made an early career appearance in Michael Jackson’s short film/music video “Bad,” in which he played the villain “Mini Max.”

The 18-minute short film was directed by Martin Scorsese and followed an inner-city gang. Snipes played Mini Max, the leader of the street gang who confronts Jackson’s character after he returns to his old neighborhood. The conflict leads to a dance showdown between the two sides.

In 2017, Snipes appeared on Conan and revealed that he beat out a very famous face to the role. “Me and Prince were auditioning together, and I blew Prince out of the water,” Snipes explained. “Michael had told Prince that he had the role, and then he met me.”

He admitted the “Billie Jean” singer thought the actor was actually in a gang in real life.…