Heat Vision is reporting that Sofia Vergara has joined the cast of Sony's The Smurfs. The trade says the "Modern Family" star "will portray Odile, a powerful executive at a high-end French cosmetics company who is married to the live-action character played by Neil Patrick Harris."
Entertainment Weekly has previously said that "Glee" star Jayma Mays "will play the pregnant wife to Neil Patrick Harris' character," so we'll have to sort out who exactly is playing who. Either way, Mays is definitely in the film as well along with Hank Azaria, Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Katy Perry and Alan Cumming.
“Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara is picking up her share of film work, too.
The Colombian bombshell has been cast in “The Smurfs,” the Raja Gosnell-directed adaptation of the ’80s cartoon series that Columbia Pictures will release in summer 2011. Vergara will portray Odile, a powerful executive at a high-end French cosmetics company who is married to the live-action character played by Neil Patrick Harris.
Jayma Mays and Hank Azaria also are cast in the movie, which begins shooting in New York in the next week.
This comes on the heels of Vergara’s nabbing a voice role in George Miller’s “Happy Feet 2 in 3D,” which Warner Bros. has dancing toward a November 2011 release. Miller is already filming in Sydney, with Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood and Azaria aboard to voice some of the animated characters.
Repped by WME and Latin World Entertainment, Vergara has appeared in the features “Madea Goes to Jail,” “Meet the Browns” and “Four Brothers.”