John said a lead actor had yet to be chosen, but his preferred choice was 30 year old Timberlake who made his name as singer with boyband N Sync before turning going sol and branching out into acting "I've got a wish list of people. No. 1 on my wish list is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of Rocket Man and was superb." he told the Los Angeles Times.