Latest: Actor Neil Patrick Harris is raving about Britney Spears' return to acting - even though the pop star refused to take off her sunglasses for an in-studio read-through.Spears is playing a secretary opposite Harris in an upcoming episode of U.S.
TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother - and the actor was impressed with the troubled Toxic singer's professionalism when it came time to act.
He says, "She's good. We did the run through on Tuesday, she seemed a little nervous, she wore the big sunglasses the whole time.
"I think that's a bit of a security blanket. But she seems very professional".
And Harris insists that working closely with Spears gave him a special insight into her personal troubles.
He adds, "Being up close to her, she seems like a very sort of fragile, kind of complicated person; it must be very strange to live in her life".
The episode featuring Spears will air in America on 24 March 08.
Meanwhile in seperate news it was reported Britney Spears is "having a blast" in her latest incarnation as a sitcom actress.
The troubled pop star has landed a cameo role in hit show How I Met Your Mother on U.S. cable channel Cbs, which she is shooting in Los Angeles this week
Spears plays a secretary called Abby who falls for the show's lead character Ted
When reporters caught up with the star leaving the CBS lot on Wednesday night (12Mar08), she said, "(The experience) has been so terrific. Everyone, including the cast, the crew and the producers, has been wonderful.
"Abby is such a fun girl to play. I'm having a blast!".
