Charlie Sheen is returning to Two and a Half Men…kind of!

Sheen's character Charlie Harper, who died off-screen in the beginning of this season of the CBS comedy, is returning to pay his brother Alan (Jon Cryer) a visit after he lands in the hospital. Of course, given Sheen's less-than-ideal parting with the series, there's a twist: he's not playing the character, Kathy Bates is!

Yes, really! So how is this gender-bending casting switcharoo going down?

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It's a ghost invasion!

The Harry's Law actress is set to guest star as Charlie Harper on the April 30 episode of Two and a Half Men. The catch? She's playing the ghost of Charlie who returns in the form of Bates to visit Alan after he suffers a minor heart attack and lands in the hospital.

While this does seem to be one pretty random casting choice, there is a connection between Bates and Two and a Half Men: Harry's Law and the CBS sitcom are both produced by Warner Bros. Sure, it's a stretch, but it's still a connection.

We're sure Sheen isn't sweating this casting coup too much: he's busy filming his new series Anger Management for FX.

This will be Alan's second trip to the hospital this season: he ended up in a mental institution alongside Gary Busey after having a mental breakdown.

What do you think of this casting news? Are you excited to see Bates play Charlie Harper? Sound off in the comments!

北京時(shí)間3月20日消息，據(jù)國外媒體報(bào)道，查理·辛(Charlie Sheen)在《好漢兩個(gè)半》(Two and a Half Men)中的角色將于4月30日回歸，但這個(gè)角色將不由查理·辛本人扮演，取而代之的是女演員凱西·貝茨(Kathy Bates)。

查理·辛的角色查理·哈勃(Charlie Harper)在本季的開端去世。在他的兄弟艾倫(Alan)因心臟病發(fā)作住院之后，查理·哈勃的鬼魂到醫(yī)院去探望他。

凱西·貝茨是《鞋店律所》(Harry's Law)的主演，她和《好漢兩個(gè)半》也不是一點(diǎn)關(guān)系都沒有，這兩部電視劇都是由華納兄弟(Warner Bros)制作的。正在忙于拍攝《憤怒管理》(Anger Management)的查理-辛估計(jì)不會(huì)介意制片公司的這個(gè)決定。

這將會(huì)是艾倫本季第二次住院，在前幾集中他曾在精神病院呆過一段時(shí)間。?