On the Line

Though it stars only two-fifths of the World's Biggest Boy Band, ''On the Line'''s leading man has no illusions. ''Oh yeah, this is going to be known as the 'N Sync movie,'' says Bass, who's also exec producing with his company, A Happy Place. ''But the people who don't listen to the music -- this is for them too.''

Filmed in Chicago and Toronto over 33 days -- while 'N Sync was simultaneously recording its new album, ''Celebrity,'' and rehearsing for its summer stadium tour -- the romantic comedy follows Kevin (Bass), a nice-guy Chicago adman who also happens to be habitually date-impaired. After meeting his dream gal (''Snow Day'''s Chriqui) on the L train -- and failing to get her number -- Kevin and pals (including fellow 'N Sync-er Fatone) poster the Windy City with ''call me'' flyers in hopes of finding his subway sweetie. While Bass says he felt ''very natural'' making his big-screen acting debut, the singer didn't always relate to his hapless character: ''First of all, if that were me, I would have gotten her number.''

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