Call me biased, but I don't think Mad Men's Christina Hendricks ever looks as gorgeous as she does when laying down the law and showing off her curves as Joan Holloway. But hey, maybe her red carpet style doesn't do her justice, and seeing her in live-action in the modern world will prove me wrong.

Unfortunately, I don't expect there to be much exciting about her role in Life as We Know It the Katherine Heigl-Josh Duhamel weepie in which Hendricks will play the best friend to both characters. Given that the movie starts when the mutual best friends of the two die in a car accident, it's unclear whether Hendricks will play a dead best friend or a living one. All I know is it would be a shame to pull Joan away from Sterling Cooper only to have her play a ghost.

According to THR, filming starts in Atlanta this fall. I know Christina Hendricks isn't really Joan Holloway, but I wouldn't mind her bringing some of Joan's no-nonsense attitude to keep whiny Katherine Heigl in line? "You complain about 18 hour days? Let me tell you about the time my fiance raped me on my boss's office floor!"