We always thought that celebrity status trumped any sort of ick factor in Hollywood. How else to explain the fact actresses still agree to film sex scenes with Colin Ferrell, even though they're probably risking smelling like tobacco and ball sweat for the next week? But some celebs aren't so brave. Alicia Silverstone, for one, is not going to inhabit the same sound stage as Britney Spears, no matter how long it's been since she's had an actual job. TV Guide reports:
Britney Spears' havoc-wreaking cameo on How I Met Your Mother has already claimed its first victim. A Mother insider confirms that Alicia Silverstone ó who was slated to appear in a multi-episode arc as Ted's dermatologist/lover ó has dropped out and will be replaced by Scrubs' Sarah Chalke.Pink Is the New Blog reports that Silverstone bowed out because her reps (understandably) feared she would be overshadowed by Spears, who, per my sources, will play an assistant to the dermatologist now being portrayed by Chalke. As a result, I'm hearing Mother bosses Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have reconceived the female doc character. Originally slated to appear in multiple episodes, she'll now be in just one ó mostly because that's all Chalke's schedule will allow. The diminished screen time would also seem to eliminate any hope there was of her being Ted's future yellow-umbrella-carrying wife (aka the "Mother").
But Mother still has big plans for Silverstone. "[Bays and Thomas] love Alicia," whispers my mole, "and they intend to create another character for her."
All of this begs a critical question: Is Spears worth the headache? Provided she brings in enough viewers to get Mother off CBS' endangered list, I reckon she is!
Wait, Britney Spears is playing a dermatologist's assistant? Do the writers know what a dermatologist does? Did they choose that particular profession after dismissing the possibility of Brit playing a weavologist's assistant as too unbelievable?
Alicia Silverstone will give you a bone at MrSkin.com.
And peep Brit Brit while you're there too.
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Pink Is the New Blog reports that Silverstone bowed out because her reps (understandably) feared she would be overshadowed by Spears, who, per my sources, will play an assistant to the dermatologist now being portrayed by Chalke. As a result, I'm hearing Mother bosses Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have reconceived the female doc character. Originally slated to appear in multiple episodes, she'll now be in just one ó mostly because that's all Chalke's schedule will allow. The diminished screen time would also seem to eliminate any hope there was of her being Ted's future yellow-umbrella-carrying wife (aka the "Mother").
But Mother still has big plans for Silverstone. "[Bays and Thomas] love Alicia," whispers my mole, "and they intend to create another character for her."
All of this begs a critical question: Is Spears worth the headache? Provided she brings in enough viewers to get Mother off CBS' endangered list, I reckon she is!
Wait, Britney Spears is playing a dermatologist's assistant? Do the writers know what a dermatologist does? Did they choose that particular profession after dismissing the possibility of Brit playing a weavologist's assistant as too unbelievable?
Well, all I can say is that if you've ever wanted to be Britney's gynecologist, here's some stuff to help you study for the test. Britney has finally flashed everything. This photographer needs some type of award named after him, because either Britney just sat there with her legs spread for ten minutes or the photographer bent space and time to know exactly where to point his camera. It's Britney, so I'm going to have to say the first one, because it's hard to be the "stupid one" in a car with Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Britney has managed to do that in two weeks. If Britney was any dumber she'd be wearing a helmet and sucking her thumb.
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