"I've always loved emulating some of the old crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin," Marsden told the New York Post this week. "I always thought there were so many interesting stories of Frank Sinatra's life that could be played.

James Marsden has been a working actor in Hollywood for over three decades and he’s played countless roles in movies and TV shows – but there’s one dream role he’s still hoping to get. The 51-year-old star revealed that he wants to play Frank Sinatra in a biopic.

"To do a biopic like what Jamie Foxx did with Ray Charles would be a lot of fun," Marsden said, citing the Oscar-winning film "Ray."

Two days after the club announced an end to its longtime facial-hair ban, the Yankees confirmed that they no longer will play Frank Sinatra’s iconic version of “New York, New York” after losses at Yankee Stadium.

James Marsden is ready to go the way of Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown and the many other actors who've portrayed the true stories of singers over the years. His role of choice is Frank Sinatra.

James Marsden is open to playing Frank Sinatra in a biopic, like Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown or Jamie Foxx’s portrayal of Ray Charles in 2004’s Ray. In a new interview,

James Marsden wants to portray Frank Sinatra in a biopic similar to Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles movie 'Ray'.