‘Alpha Dog’ Director Explains The Story Behind Justin’s New Single

‘Alpha Dog’ director Nick Cassavetes checked in with fans on the movie’s forum at IMDB.com, with news on the film’s star Justin Timberlake recording a new music video. “I had the pleasure of visiting the set of the music video, ‘What Goes Around Comes Back Around’,” he writes. “It stars Scarlett Johannson, Shawn Hatosy, and of course, Mr. T. There is even an appearance by the lovely Miss Wahlquist, and it is directed by the incomparable Sam Bayer. The stuff looked great. Should be fun to see.”

When asked if the video would be about the former *NSYNC star’s girlfriend Britney Spears, Cassavetes later posted that it was “absolutely, positively about Trace [Ayala] and Elisha [Cuthbert]. Shawn Hatosy plays ‘Avery’.”

Cassavetes then provided additional details on what caused Ayala’s romance with ’24’ star Cuthbert to end. “Justin and his best friend, Trace, had another friend named Sean Avery,” Cassavetes explained. “Avery was kicked out of Rachel Hunter’s house where he was living, and Trace, out of the kindness of his heart, offered him to stay at his house until he found a new place. Avery started living at his place, and not only slept with his girl (Elisha), but left with her. Trace found out about it in a picture in the tabloids. The lyrics, ‘Don’t want to think about it, don’t want to talk about it’ are direct quotes from Trace when Justin tried to console him. The video is being shot in downtown LA. Sam is an incredible shooter. There are two more days of filming (todaty and tomorrow). I don’t know when it will air, but when I find out, I will post more.”