Justin Timberlake
Palmer s Ryder Allen recalled on the
TODAY Show Wednesday (Jan. 13) that he didn t know who his co-star Justin Timberlake was before filming together.
The pair appear on an upcoming drama film, set to be released on Jan. 29 on AppleTV+, about an incarcerated former college football star Eddie Palmer (Timberlake) who returns to his hometown and forms an unlikely friendship with a young boy named Sam (Allen).
Allen, who is 8, mused about forming a real-life bond with his best movie friend, the pop icon formerly of NSYNC and one of the world s best selling musicians. But he wasn t fully aware of those parts of JT s professional résumé.