Britney Spears Fallout: Silverstone Out, Chalke In! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-11-2008, 09:41 AM

Britney Spears' havoc-wreaking cameo on How I Met Your Mother has already claimed its first victim. A Mother insider confirms that Alicia Silverstone — who was slated to appear in a multi-episode arc as Ted's dermatologist/lover — 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 — 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!

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TMC · 09-10-2014, 04:11 AM

First off, Britney Spears is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, so she inevitably is going to get a whole lot of attention right off the bat. Also, this was right off of the heels of her infamous meltdown from the year prior, which of course added even more to the curiosity/publicity. Alicia (who in all brutal honesty, hasn’t been significant relevant in the general consensus since the end of the ’90s) should’ve understood that at the end of the day, she would’ve still been more essential to the overall plot when compared to Britney’s glorified cameo.

I think the irony concerning Alicia Silverstone and Britney Spears is that both had somewhat similar career arcs (at least regarding their “breakthrough performances”). Compare Alicia’s Clueless to Britney’s “Baby One More Time” (w/ Britney as the sexy school girl) music video. Both in brutally honesty, more than likely, gave hot-blooded male viewers “impure thoughts” about young women who were still teenagers at the time.

I seriously believe that the How I Met Your Mother incident was in all Alicia’s last shot at making a proper comeback. Alicia may have not been able to get back to the level that she was at back in the mid-’90s, but she still could’ve carved out a nice little career as a working actress (as long as it was in roles that played to her strengths and abilities as an actress like in Clueless). Alicia at this point now, seems way too wrapped up in her pretensions (e.g. her weird parenting methods and her staunch veganism) to really work at improving her acting career (the fact that that she’s pushing 40 probably doesn’t help much). Hell, even in her guest appearances on Suburgatory, Alicia was practically, playing herself (albeit, non-ironically) at this phase in her life.

03-11-2008, 09:41 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Britney Spears Fallout: Silverstone Out, Chalke In! Britney Spears' havoc-wreaking cameo on How I Met Your Mother has already claimed its first victim. A Mother insider confirms that Alicia Silverstone — who was slated to appear in a multi-episode arc as Ted's dermatologist/lover — 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 — 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! http://community.tvguide.com/blog-en...alke/700018100
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09-10-2014, 04:11 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,282	First off, Britney Spears is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, so she inevitably is going to get a whole lot of attention right off the bat. Also, this was right off of the heels of her infamous meltdown from the year prior, which of course added even more to the curiosity/publicity. Alicia (who in all brutal honesty, hasn’t been significant relevant in the general consensus since the end of the ’90s) should’ve understood that at the end of the day, she would’ve still been more essential to the overall plot when compared to Britney’s glorified cameo. I think the irony concerning Alicia Silverstone and Britney Spears is that both had somewhat similar career arcs (at least regarding their “breakthrough performances”). Compare Alicia’s Clueless to Britney’s “Baby One More Time” (w/ Britney as the sexy school girl) music video. Both in brutally honesty, more than likely, gave hot-blooded male viewers “impure thoughts” about young women who were still teenagers at the time. I seriously believe that the How I Met Your Mother incident was in all Alicia’s last shot at making a proper comeback. Alicia may have not been able to get back to the level that she was at back in the mid-’90s, but she still could’ve carved out a nice little career as a working actress (as long as it was in roles that played to her strengths and abilities as an actress like in Clueless). Alicia at this point now, seems way too wrapped up in her pretensions (e.g. her weird parenting methods and her staunch veganism) to really work at improving her acting career (the fact that that she’s pushing 40 probably doesn’t help much). Hell, even in her guest appearances on Suburgatory, Alicia was practically, playing herself (albeit, non-ironically) at this phase in her life.