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"I'm telling my story in an artistic way," says the singer of his musical, 'The Last Ship,' which draws from his early years growing up in a grim, ship-building town in Northern England.

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00:00If you think Sting is next in line for the rock star biopic treatment, think again.

00:05The Hollywood Reporter caught up with a 68-year-old rock legend ahead of a recent

00:09performance for a wide-ranging conversation that included him possibly dipping his toes

00:14in the biopic space. When asked if he would be open to a Rocket Man-esque biopic,

00:18Sting said,

00:22And that way would be with his musical, The Last Ship, which draws from his early

00:26years growing up in a grim, shipbuilding town in northern England.

00:29Sting wrote the music and lyrics and plays the foreman of a Newcastle shipyard in the show.

00:34The rock star continued, saying,

00:53The music legend also touched on adjusting to rock stardom, saying,

00:59For more updates to this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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