Britney Spears To Play Virgin Mary? Bald, and Flashing Her Fanny Perhaps?

When I think of Britney Spears, a lot of different images spring in to my mind: the picture of her half naked and pregnant which you can see above, that infamous shot of her revealing all in a car with Paris Hilton, or the one just after she had all her hair shaved off. One thing that I don’t instantly think of, is Britney as the Virgin Mary, no no no, say it ain’t so.

But that is exactly what will happen if French producer Phillippe Rebboah gets her way in casting Britney as Mary, the second coming.

According to Fox News, Rebboah, who is most famous currently as a producer on forthcoming indie film The Guitar, thought Ms. Spears would be perfect as the role of a 19 year old pregnant girl, unsure of her baby’s paternity in a satire called Sweet Baby Jesus.

Spears character would go in to labour on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, Md, as rumours spread around town that the baby is actually the second incarnation of Christ. Rebboah said:

“I had to convince my partners, because they were like, ‘Oh, no. Britney?’ But I thought it was brilliant.”

Amid claims from the producer that Britney is “reviewing the script”, a source close to the troubled singer answered that “A film career definitely isn’t her focus right now.”

This story, be it real, or just a publicity stunt, hasn’t bypassed the religious groups without fostering some comments. America’s Catholic League President Bill Donohue (the man who criticised The Golden Compass without having seen the film, or read the book) told the New York Daily News:

“She is seriously miscast. She would be better suited to play the lead role in a flick called Monica [Lewinsky].

“If she did, the Catholic League would be delighted to send her a box of cigars.”

Ermm yeah, okay, whatever you say Bill. It does seem a strange move to ask the singer to star in a movie of any sort at this stage of her career, and even stranger you’d want her to play the Virgin Mary. Maybe the fact it’s a satire means that Britney’s casting would itself be a kind of in joke to annoy everyone.

The chances of this happening are remote, but if it does, I may go and see the film, if only to see the latest train wreck Britney has let herself in for.