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

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

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Michael Cooper Jr. stars as tender-hearted teen Justin Edwards in "Forever," Mara Brock Akil's modern reimagining of Judy Blume's beloved novel. Netflix Michael Cooper Jr. has an innocence about him, ...

Both stars also tell PEOPLE about watching the series for the first time with their moms, which led to a lot of ...

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

Producer Mara Brock Akil and stars Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr discuss the feeling of first love, as well as the ...

Mara Brock Akil's Netflix series is a modern-day adaptation of Judy Blume's coming-of-age novel, featuring a pair of Black ...

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

Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, but they had their own meet cute before they even landed the roles.

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