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Justin Timberlake was the dream star to play Will Scheuster

Glee creator Ryan Murphy revealed that the role of choir teacher Mr. Will Scheuster was written with Justin Timberlake in mind.

“When we were writing the pilot, I’ve never really talked about this, that pilot was written for Justin Timberlake. Mr Schue was written for Justin,” Ryan shared during an appearance on the And That’s What You REALLY Missed podcast.

“I don’t think even Justin Timberlake knows this, but there was like a one-week window in talking to his people where I thought maybe he was interested, but maybe that meant interested in having a script dropped off at his front door,” he added. “That was our idea for Mr. Schue, Justin Timberlake. Then it was very quickly like, ‘Justin is booked for tours through 2013.’ So then it was like, no Justin Timberlake.”

The role ultimately went to Matthew Morrison.