{"id":471882,"date":"2026-02-13T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/471882\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:02:11","slug":"eva-longoria-asked-brooks-nader-to-audition-for-netflix-comedy-the-fifth-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/471882\/","title":{"rendered":"Eva Longoria Asked Brooks Nader to Audition for Netflix Comedy ‘The Fifth Wheel’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eva Longoria<\/a> leaned on a trusted friend while assembling the cast of Netflix’s “The Fifth Wheel” … tapping Brooks Nader<\/a> for a role in the Netflix comedy.<\/p>\n

Production sources tell TMZ … it was Eva who personally asked Brooks to be part of the female-driven film. The two have been friends for a few years, and Eva believed Brooks would be a strong fit for the project.<\/p>\n

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We’re told there were no shortcuts, and Brooks still came in and read for the role like any other actress. She auditioned, impressed, and landed the part.<\/p>\n

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We got photos of Brooks on set in Pasadena Wednesday, deep in filming. Our production sources say she’s not just popping in for a cameo … she’s playing a meaty role with multiple speaking scenes.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re told Brooks, Kim Kardashian<\/a>, Nikki Glaser<\/a> and Brenda Song<\/a> are filming in the L.A. suburb all week.<\/p>\n

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The film follows a group of high school friends attempting to reconnect on a Vegas getaway until a hot outsider — played by Kim — crashes the trip and sends their messy lives and strained friendships spiraling.<\/p>\n

Kim and Brooks are friendly and share plenty of mutual friends, and recently hung out at Kate Hudson<\/a>‘s New Year\u2019s Eve party in Aspen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’re told Brooks is leaning hard into acting and scripted projects lately, so don’t be surprised to see her popping up on more sets soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eva Longoria leaned on a trusted friend while assembling the cast of Netflix’s “The Fifth Wheel” … tapping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,29389,4207,29390],"class_list":{"0":"post-471882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-kim-k","13":"tag-kim-kardashian","14":"tag-kk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}