Lolo Jones is mastering the art of multitasking.
The Olympic hurdler and Olympic bobsledding hopeful apparently has found another moonlighting job, USA Today is reporting.
Jones is set to make a cameo appearance in the upcoming film, "Left Behind," starring Nicolas Cage. The movie is based on the "Left Behind" book series that focuses on the Rapture. The film will be on life after the Rapture, in which all Christians have departed from the earth.
Jones shot her first scenes Monday, according to USA Today.
Her time in the movie will be limited, according to a tweet she sent out on Tuesday:
"u guys are good. I'm a gate attendant. I have ten words. Really 8. I counted Mr. Williams as 2 words to increase Oscar chances #LeftBehind"
Jones is no stranger to the spotlight. She has competed in two Olympics, although she failed to medal in either one. She created social media stirs - first when she announced she was a virgin, then when she complained about her feeble bobsledding pay, and finally when she agreed to a date with a man who asked her out on Twitter on the condition that his tweet receive 150,000 retweets.
Actress Nicky Whelan, who also stars in the movie, tweeted, "Such a pleasure having the beautiful @lolojones on board @leftbehindmovie pic.twitter.com/V3Cngk7Cxs"
Jones also gushed that she got some face time with Mr. Cage:
Nicolas Cage sat next to me during makeup & my head bout spun round lke GhostRider BUT I "ACTED" cool. learning this craft fast #LeftBehind"
According to olympictalk.com, Jones got the role based on location.
"The film's producer and writer, Paul Lalonde, decided last week to offer Jones a role as a gate attendant at an airport, upon learning that the city where they were shooting the movie - Baton Rouge, La. - was also Jones' training base," olympictalk.com reported.
"Obviously everybody knows who she is," he told olympictalk.com in a phone interview. "I'm a huge fan of her. I love her never-say-die attitude about everything. ... She's a beautiful woman, too, which never hurts when you're casting for a movie."
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