Boy Bands Reflect On Stardom In The Deocumatary ‘Larger Than Life’

So what's it like to be a member of a boy band. Three of the biggest and most successful talk about their experiences, good and bad, in a new documentary called "Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boy Bands."

Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive first look at the trailer, which features retrospectives from AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, and many more artists who were on the frontlines during the rise of boy bands.

The film goes back to early boy hands like the Beatles and the Jackson 5 through the Jonas Brothers to One Direction to K-Pop group Seventeen, the documentary from director Tamra Davis (Billy Madison) promises "raw, unvarnished experiences behind the spotlight," offering insider insights on what it was really like to be a member of a particular group during their big reign, per the synopsis.

Larger Than Life is also very much an ode to the fans, featuring insights from the boy band devotees themselves. "I have never heard screams so piercing," McLean recalls of the early days of meeting Backstreet Boys fans in another segment, later adding, "We would not be who we are without the fans."

Donny Osmond  is also among those who share insights. "I think somebody's hurt, and then I realize, they're screaming for us," Osmond recalls of the early fan fervor in the trailer, adding with a laugh, "I wanted to have them pull me into the audience and just rip me apart."