Janet Jacksons Movie Anger Motivation

Jackson Used Anger At Michael's Death For Movie Role

Janet Jackson channelled her anger at the death of her beloved brother Michael into one furious scene in Tyler Perry's new movie Why Did I Get Married Too?, when she had to smash up furniture with a golf club.

The singer/actress reprises her role as a psychotherapist in the sequel to the 2007 movie Why Did I Get Married? and admits she found the emotional scene therapeutic after a tough 2009, which saw her split from longtime boyfriend Jermaine Dupri and lose the King of Pop.

She says, "You have to dig deep but there was some stuff that was right there for me. Stuff that had just happened, with my brother passing, and also relationships, experiencing exactly that."

Michael Jackson suffered a fatal cardiac arrest in June (09).

Meanwhile Jackson admit's that her weight struggles started at age 10

Janet Jackson's struggle with her figure began at the age of 10 - when TV producers asked her to lose weight for a role.

The former child star established herself as an actress on family variety show The Jacksons in 1976, before finding superstardom as a singer.

She went on to land a role in U.S. sitcom Good Times - and she believes her experience on the 1970s series sparked her ongoing battle with the bulge.

Jackson, 43, says, "When I was younger on Good Times, I was asked to lose weight. I wasn't a heavy kid on the show but I was 10 years old and developing very quickly so they would put gauze around my chest to make me smaller, and I think that has an effect on you as a child as if who you are isn't good enough."

The youngest of the Jackson clan has famously struggled with weight problems throughout her career and has previously admitted to being an "emotional eater".