Timberlake a Renthead?

[CrAzIaBoUtReNt]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:51pm

I was browsing through articles online and found this.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=986

"I've been obsessed with the play for years. It's the best musical ever," he said. "I also feel the message is really important in today's world."

Any thoughts?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:52pm

It's like when Britney said that Wicked is the best thing ever and totally changed her life.

[CrAzIaBoUtReNt]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:53pm

LOL. Yep. Very phony.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:53pm

Best musical ever? He's probably seen one. Rent.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:54pm

Well, then in his little world, that's "ever."

Thank GOD he's not in this movie. Pun intended.

[almostxfamous]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:54pm

Ugh. I would've hated if they actually went with pop stars for RENT.

Dear Adam Pascal,
THANK GOD FOR YOU.
xoxo - me

Yep.

[Pasty]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:10pm

Oh I Love timberlake. Wasn't there rumors long long time ago about him wanting to play someone in the rent movie?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:14pm

Roger.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:25pm

Yeah...Stupid celebrities praising live Theatre and supporting the industry that many of work in. Damn him.

Akiva

[NYC_or_Bust]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:31pm

I think actually what Timberlake saw was the "LEASE" portion of Team America....

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:37pm

Oh, Akiva, you forget that only uppity twenty year-olds are the true keepers of the High Art of musical theater and that they get together fortnightly and listen to show tunes and decide from on high which of the teeming masses are allowed to speak of, enjoy and participate in the High Art.

Then they talk about how hawt Adam Pascal is and giggle until their parents slam on the bedroom door and tell them to 'turn that crap down.'
Updated On: 10/27/05 at 11:37 PM

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:42pm

I don't know about other twenty year-olds on this board, but this one has been working in the industry for four years now, and I'm paying my rent and tuition because of musical theatre.

Akiva

[AndSoItBegins]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:02am

I don't know specifically about RENT (Except that he wanted to do the production, and was considered when Spike Lee was involved -- is that right?) -- BUT I know he does attend a lot of theatre in general as both his sister and father do quite a bit with a professional theatre company called Playhouse on the Square in Memphis. A friend has done several productions with the Timberlake family and has met Justin on several occassions due to his attendance.

[Pasty]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:03am

That should be enough to shut the JT haters up.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:04am

He was considered way more recently than the Spike Lee version. This is going to turn out like that Justin Guarini thread, isn't it? That was fun.

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 1:46am

For the love of God, NO JUSTIN ON BROADWAY! Drew Lachey and Joey McIntyre were punishment enough.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:18am

Timberlake was a showchoir and theatre nerd long before he became popular. I bet he spent much of his teen years listening to rent and talking about it nonstop with all his friends like kids do today with Wicked.

[Urban]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:41am

At least his lack of taste goes beyond women.