Julianne Hough, once known as the Dancing with the Stars nookie girl forced to endure Adam Carolla’s unicycle, is moving on to bigger and presumably two-wheeled vehicles. In addition to putting together a fairly successful country music career, she’s lining up film and television projects at a torrid pace. The newest one on her dance card is Burlesque.

Digital Spy says Hough has signed on to join the cast of Christina Aguilera’s small town girl turned adult entertainer story. Aguilera is the small town girl who goes to work at a burlesque club, where she battles Kristen Bell for the spotlight.

No word yet on what part Julianne Hough will play, but for reasons which may not be all that obvious, this is probably bad news. Here’s why: I don’t know much about Julianne Hough, but I know she’s uptight, religious, and Mormon. Sure she’s pretty and she seems like the kind of girl you’d absolutely want to see in a burlesque movie. But she’s also the kind of girl who’s utterly unlikely to participate in anything even remotely risqué. Julianne Hough is not much fun.

Let’s face it, the only reason we’re interested in Burlesque is because we want to see a movie full of famous, naked, dancing strippers. If Julianne Hough is in it, I find it kind of hard to believe this is really the kind of movie that’s going to happen. Maybe we should expect something more vaudevillian and less Scores. Bring on the jugglers.