Nov 15, 2007, 12:30 GMT
Sir Ian McKellen wants Justin Timberlake to play him in a musical about his life.
Ian McKellen - © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
The 'Lord of the Rings' star is keen to see his eventful life played out on stage and thinks the pop heartthrob would be the perfect person to portray him.
He said: "Justin vaguely resembles people in my family, and I think he is really talented."
Openly homosexual McKellen, who came out in a British radio interview in 1988, is known for being a gay rights activist.
He is a co-founder of Stonewall, a UK gay rights lobby group, which campaigns for equality for the gay and lesbian community.
His acting career has enjoyed a golden time in the last decade with roles in the Oscar-winning 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and the 'X-Men' franchise.
McKellen recently hit out at Hollywood movie producers for encouraging homosexual actors to keep their sexuality a secret.
The actor said: "With all that liberal attitude in Hollywood, you have a local industry which is saying to local people who live in the area, 'When you come to work, you are not gay.'
"And I think to myself, 'Can people whose minds work like that make good films? And if at the heart of Hollywood there is that lie, how many other lies are there?' And it's the producers who have this problem - God knows what sort of people they are - who think that it's impossible for you and me to fancy the same person.
"Well, what dull lives they must have."
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