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

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

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

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

The newcomer plays a complicated teen swept into a love more tangled than he ever imagined in Mara Brock Akil’s Judy Blume ...

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

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

Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone tell PEOPLE what it was like filming intimate scenes together as they played love ...

Michael Cooper Jr. hopes neurodivergent viewers "feel seen" as he plays a character with ADHD in Netflix's Judy Blume ...

Michael Cooper Jr. is the leading man in Netflix’s new series Forever. He stars as Justin Edwards alongside Lovie Simone in ...