Is it a cameo if everyone already knows about it? Nicole Kidman is set to take a page from her ex-husband’s playbook and is ready to shake up her image by doing an uncredited comic cameo in the forthcoming Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston romcom “Just Go With It.”
While Kidman is coming off a string of big-budget bombs (“The Golden Compass,” “Australia” and “Nine”) her public image is nowhere near what Tom Cruise’s was when he did his fat suit cameo in Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder.” It’s an interesting development to be sure, but perhaps the actress wants a moment of levity between the forthcoming dramas “Rabbit Hole,” directed by John Cameron Mitchell and the previously announced gender bender “The Danish Girl” with Gwyneth Paltrow.
Two other casting announcements were also made today. Birkenstock and hacky sack favorite Dave Matthews and model Brooklyn Decker will be joining the cast as well, with the latter playing her first big screen role as Sandler’s love interest.
The plot details are being kept secret, but the film “involves Sandler recruiting Aniston to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife and her kids to pretend to be his fake family.” Sounds wacky. Filming is set to start next month in Los Angeles with Valentine’s Day 2011 circled on the calendar for the release date.