The actor talks about his role in the hit new show by Mara Brock Akil and loosely based on Judy Blume’s novel.

For Michael Cooper Jr., landing the lead role in Forever was "a quantum leap," as his mentor Sanaa Lathan calls it. Still ...

Cooper Jr., 23, tells PEOPLE about working with the "powerhouse" actress and their off-screen mother-son dynamic ...

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In Forever, Mara Brock Akil's adaptation of Judy Blume's beloved 1975 novel, Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play ...

Michael Cooper Jr. decided to pursue acting thanks to a production of 'High School Musical.' Michael Cooper Jr., 23, was born ...

Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume ...

Michael Cooper Jr. stars as tender-hearted teen Justin Edwards in "Forever," Mara Brock Akil's modern reimagining of Judy ...

The actors reimagine the story first told in Judy Blume's beloved 1975 novel in a new Netflix series from Mara Brock Akil ...

Forever' showrunner Mara Brock Akil talks about bringing Judy Blume's story of teen sex and love to Netflix as a story about ...

Famed producer and screenwriter, Mara Brock Akil, reimagined Judy Blume's popular yet controversial novel of the same name, ...