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Not too long ago Justin Timberlake made a bold prediction in a hit song off his multi-platinum-selling album, FutureSex/LoveSounds.

He proclaimed to the world: "I'm bringing sexy back".

In Timberlake's new Hollywood comedy, The Love Guru, the 29-year-old( WTF? )
plays a French-speaking, sexed up, physically endowed, professional ice hockey player named Jacques "Le Coq" Grande.

Grande wears tight-fitting Speedo swimwear ... in public. It raises a question.

If Timberlake brought sexy back, is he the man to bring Speedos back from fashion's banned list?

Will men be safe to appear on beaches and public pools in budgie smugglers this summer without being mocked?

Will Grant Hackett and Michael Phelps ditch their full body space age swimsuits in Beijing for old-fashioned skin and Speedos?

"No!" Timberlake shrieked, mockingly banging his fist on a coffee table next to him during an interview in Los Angeles.

"You can't bring sexy back in a Speedo!"

When he is informed that some men, especially in Europe, do think it's fine to don a pair of Speedos at the beach, Timberlake launches another protest.

"They should stop," the singer-actor-record producer protests.

"There is nothing good about a man in a Speedo."

The Love Guru is the latest slapstick comedy from Canadian funnyman Mike Myers, who plays Guru Pitka, an American-born, Indian-raised self-help maestro called in to resurrect the career of broken-hearted Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey player, Darren Roanoke.

Roanoke's wife has run off with Grande.

Timberlake may not be a fan of Speedos, but he did not mind slipping on a pair a few sizes too small for the sake of generating laughs.

In one scene Timberlake belts out a Celine Dion classic and, yes, he's in the Speedos and surprisingly, Dion, was OK with it.

"I think she's seen the film and loved it," Timberlake offers.

Myers, whose Austin Powers and Wayne's World comedies have earned hundreds of millions of box office dollars, had his eye on Timberlake as a future co-star since 2004 when they bumped into each other at a party in Europe.

The cast of Shrek 2 was travelling through Europe promoting the film and Timberlake was in a romantic relationship with Myers' Shrek co-star, Cameron Diaz.

"I went 'Oh, that's Justin Timberlake'," Myers recalled.

"We started talking and ended up doing comedy bits for an hour."

"Everyone else at the party left, but we stayed and kept doing jokes."

"I was thinking 'This guy is super funny'.

"Then a few years later (Shrek producer) Jeffrey Katzenberg called and said 'We're thinking about having Justin Timberlake in Shrek The Third'.

"I thought it was a brilliant idea."

"Then, of course, I saw 'Dick in a Box' and I knew I had to write a part for Justin in the film."

Dick in a Box is a skit Timberlake performed on legendary American comedy TV show, Saturday Night Live.

The skit ended up winning an Emmy Award and became one of the most downloaded videos on YouTube.

Myers' revelation creates another obvious question.

Did Dick in a Box inspire Myers to put Timberlake in Speedos?

"I'm going to say ... no," Myers responded with a straight face.

"But, I will say this."

"We had to produce special effects for the size."

Later, when told about Myers' comment, Timberlake is amused but will not reveal if he received help, either computer generated or old fashioned sports socks, to fill out his Speedos.

"Due to litigation, I'm not allowed to divulge," Timberlake said.

The role was a dream for Timberlake, who has drawn plenty of praise from film critics for his first few acting roles, including performances in dramas Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan.

He will next be seen in the comedy The Open Road, opposite Jeff Bridges and Mary Steenburgen.

Acting is the latest step for the entertainer, who began his career aged 12 on the Mickey Mouse Club, two years later joined the boy band NSYNC and managed to do the impossible, shrugging off his teen image to be one of the most successful solo performers, with artists ranging from Madonna to 50 Cent lining up to work with him.

His film success will not mean the end of his music career.

Timberlake is happy to juggle.

"I'd like to carry on doing both," he said.

"Music is in my blood."

"But, I enjoy film as well."

"I don't think I'd ever move away from music, although it is good to take a break from it because it requires a lot of commitment to go on tour and put out a record."

Timberlake is also following the likes of entertainers-turned music moguls Jay-Z and Sean Combs, who have set up their own labels, groomed young stars and generated huge profits.

His label has signed a deal with Interscope.

"I'm really grinding to get that done so I can have some stuff out later this year and early next year," Timberlake said about the label.

His talents do not rest with the entertainment business, as he showed at a celebrity event a few days before the recent US Open golf tournament at the treacherous Torrey Pines course near San Diego.

Timberlake managed to shoot below 100 on the course, an impressive feat considering similar scores carded by professionals during the US Open.

He has a three golf handicap, so he's no fool on the links.

"It was tough," Timberlake recalled.

"I actually had a bad day."

"I had an allergy attack out there from the grass so I almost quit it was so bad."

But, there is no chance he will give up music and film to take on Tiger Woods on the pro circuit.

"No, I like my job," he laughed.

"I like being able to play golf for fun."

"I do like taking other people's money on the course."

"That's fun."

Myers said Timberlake had no problem with stripping off and playing Grande.

"I find most people want to make fun of themselves," Myers, who began his career as one of the stars of Saturday Night Live, said.

"I've worked with a lot of famous people because we would always have a guest host on the show and I got to meet most of my heroes."

"I would say the high 99 percentile have a true sense of humour about themselves and happy to make fun of themselves."

"Justin was no different."

"He embraced it."

"The whole transformation into Jacques 'Le Coq' Grande, Justin had a very, very big hand in that."

"And, you know what they say about big hands."