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Woody Allen has cast Miley Cyrus in his Amazon miniseries set in the 1960s

I actually had a moment of “Miley Cyrus is an actress?” this morning. Like, her Ratchet Eliza Doolittle act has been such a success that I completely forgot about Hannah Montana and the fact that Miley started out as an actress, and she wasn’t always this twerking mess that we see before us. Miley hit pause on her acting career years ago when she decided to go full-throttle with her music career. After trying to be the new Britney (or whatever), Miley released Bangerz and the rest was history. Or not. Miley is returning to her acting roots this year because Woody Allen has called. You see, Woody got a deal for an Amazon series. Seriously. And he’s cast Miley in some kind of role. Back at the last Cannes, Woody Allen revealed to Deadline that the deal he made to create a TV series for Amazon was haunting his every step. He’s in a much better place now. In fact, Allen has set the principal cast for the six half-hour-episode series that will take place in the 1960s, and it certainly is unexpected. Allen, who wrote the scripts and will direct, has set Elaine May and Miley Cyrus to star alongside him. I don’t know a lot more than this, as Allen is shrewd offering information on his projects. It begins shooting in March. He previously worked with May in Small Time Crooks, and this is the first time he has worked with Cyrus. Allen and May are repped by ICM, Cyrus by CAA. [From Deadline] This is going to sound so rude, but I honestly didn’t know Elaine May was still alive. May is a comedy legend, she was the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler of her day and May was closely associated with the late, great Mike Nichols. So… a legend of comedy like Elaine May, Woody Allen and… Miley Cyrus. Set in the 1960s. So bizarre. Even more bizarre? I actually think Miley might be good at this. I also think it’s creepy and gross, of course, but I’m betting that Miley “surprises” critics and ends up relaunching her acting career. Weird, I know. Miley confirmed her involvement with an Instagram post (below). She wrote, in part: “F–k yeah ! Stoked to be in Woody Allens first series!!!!! I had claimed 2016 to be my year of “chillin the f–k out” but next to my bed for a few years now has been this portrait of W.A. & I was looking into his eyes when I got the call to be apart of the cast and work alongside the bad a$$ Elaine May & da dude himself!” A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Jan 25, 2016 at 5:22pm PST Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.