Sir Justin to play Sir Elton

OK, Justin Timberlake is being offered this great role as Sir Elton John in a biopic, and already he has asked for a major overhaul of the script. And they're doing it -- to keep Justin on board. This little blurb was on the imdb.com website:

After agreeing to play Elton John in a movie biography, Justin Timberlake is apparently having second thoughts -- although he is apparently not concerned that portraying a gay rock star will adversely affect his image. Quite the contrary, he indicated in an interview with Britain's Daily Star. He said that when he was initially approached, "I thought, 'Wow, you're offering me that role?' But when I read the script, all the wild stuff had been left out." The newspaper has said that Timberlake wants the film to include "sex and drug-taking" and that the producers of the film, budgeted at $39 million, have now ordered a massive rewrite in order to keep the pop star aboard. "I told the studio that it would have to be warts-and-all so that's what it's going to be. I can't wait to get started," Timberlake told the newspaper.

And just in case you glossed over it, the massive rewrite is being done in order to keep the pop star aboard. Not an Oscar winner. Not even an actor, really. A pop star. Riiiiiiight.