Posted on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 10:05am PDT By
X17 Staff
Us has 411 on Brit's
upcoming role on the CBS sitcom
How I Met Your Mother, and from the sound of it, she's not only gonna give another amazing small screen performance (remember her Christian conservative talk show host on
Will & Grace? ), but seems like she's gonna have a great time doing it!
Here's the deets
(some spoilers):
According to the Us, Britney has signed on to play "Abby, a receptionist at a dermatologist’s office who falls for architect Ted (Josh Radnor) when he comes in to have a tattoo removed."
The show's creator, Craig Thomas, says Brit's reps approached the show cuz she's a huge fan and wanted to do a small part on a television series.
Britney apparently heard about the role Thursday night, and said yes to it by Friday!
Britney showed up to the table read yesterday with only her acting agent and an assistant in tow. "She showed up a little bit early  the table read is at 10 a.m.  so she could talk to us and our director. It was great because we all got to know each other. We described what a fun, low-key environment our set was, and it seemed like that was exactly what she was looking for."
The table read went smoothly, everyone "seemed to click. She seemed to fit right in! She was having a good time. She was laughing. And it’s a very sweet, romantic episode, so the vibe in the room was just very fun. Everyone was having a good time, and I think she had a good time."
Sounds like this gig is just what Britney needs right now!
More details below:
"The episode's about Ted, our main character. Ted went crazy one night earlier in this season and got an embarrassing butterfly stamped right above his ass. Not his proudest moment. So he's now in the predicament of having to remove this tattoo, so he goes to a dermatologist to remove it and gets a big crush on his dermatologist. What he's sort of oblivious to, as he’s pursuing this dermatologist, is that the dermatologist’s receptionist (Spears) is falling in love with him. It's a fun, romantic comedy episode."
Britney will be filming one day this week, and the episode is scheduled to air March 24th! Set your Tivos!
The producers had seen Brit's acting work before and had given her the thumbs up. "One of our executive producers was an EP on Will and Grace at the time that she was there, and he thought she was great. I remember seeing that episode, and she was great. Also, she’s hosted SNL. Britney’s really funny! We’ve seen her display her comedic chops before, so we’re thrilled to have her bring that to our show."
We can't wait to see her performance!
