NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - 'FRAGILE' BRITNEY ACTS AGAIN

'FRAGILE' BRITNEY ACTS AGAIN

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).