A rumor has surfaced that Charlie Sheen is being considered for a cameo in Scary Movie 5, a franchise in which he played larger roles in 3 and 4, but producers say that they aren’t sure they would be able to work that out.

While he may have burned some bridges, the makers of the Scary Movie saga say that he has been a friend to the franchise all along and they could definitely see him coming back for the fifth installment if only for a quick moment. After all, the movies are about pop culture and current events as much as they are poking fun at the latest films and so it would certainly be right up their alley to bring him back in that light. But would they want him as a character or himself?

Seems Sheen is capable of playing both sides of the coin, turning on or off the wild crazy for quieter and more assured. Our guess is that they would probably want him to play something more chaotic like he did in the promos for his Comedy Roast. After all, that is where the funny is, although as we saw in his interview with Leno, he can be very funny while playing it straight. So it would be hard to pigeonhole him into one or the other.

Either way, whether he would have time to do it is the question. It seems that Sheen has gone from unemployed to a very busy man with his new series and other prospects on the horizon. But he’s the kind of guy that would probably take time out of his schedule to visit an old friend and the shoot would probably be quite short if it’s only a cameo. So we’ll see if this rumor actually becomes reality in the future. For now, we’ll chalk it up to wishful thinking.