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

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

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

Fans of teen romance rejoice — we’ve got new bingeable content. Forever, a Netflix series based on the controversial young ...

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

Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone star in Mara Brock Akil's teen romcom series 'Forever.' The series, based on Judy Blume's ...

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

The newcomer plays a complicated high school student swept into a love more tangled than he ever imagined in Netflix's hit ...

Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr, stars of “Forever,” show off their sweet chemistry in this fun BuzzFeed Celeb interview, ...