As we reported a few months back, New Girl will be without its titular New Girl for a goodly chunk of episodes in its coming new season, thanks to the demands of shooting around star Zooey Deschanel‘s pregnancy with the world’s most quirky baby.
Deciding, perhaps wisely, that a show called New Girl had best not be without a fresh female of some sort, the producers have decided to compensate for this absence by replacing her with … drumroll please … Megan Fox.
As EW report, Deschanel will appear in the first six episodes of the coming new season, before her Jess character is called away to serve on a jury, apparently leaving her room in the apartment vacant.
Fox will move in, playing a character called Reagan, who rents Jess’s room while she’s sequestered. Per the character description, Reagan is a:
“… gorgeous, straight-shooting pharmaceutical sales rep who comes to town on business and shakes things up in the loft.”
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Executive producer Liz Meriweather seems to be behind the decision, praising Megan Fox for her comedy skills, saying:
“It’s insane to me that such a gorgeous person can be so funny, but I guess we just all have to accept it. I’ve been a fan of her comedic skills since This is 40, and I’m so excited to have her on the show. We had Megan in mind when we wrote this part – she’s the perfect person to come in and shake these guys up.”
New Girl is set to return to the FOX network in the U.S. early next year.
via EW
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