By LAURA SCHREFFLER

Slutty pumpkin: Katie Holmes steps out for lunch in Beverly Hills today; the actress will be playing iconic How I Met Your Mother character Slutty Pumpkin

Fresh-faced Katie Holmes stepped out today in Los Angeles today looking like the girl next door in casual jeans and a jumper.

But the 32-year-old, who was running errands in Beverly Hills, is gearing up to overhaul her image.

The actress has just signed on to play a character called Slutty Pumpkin in a guest role on CBS' hit programme, How I Met Your Mother.

She'll appear on the show's upcoming Halloween episode.


Clean-cut: The 32-year-old actress looks like a schoolgirl while out and about in LA today

Diehard fans of the show will recall Ted’s search for the elusive character throughout the sitcom’s first Halloween episode back in 2005.

The series' co-creator, Craig Thomas, is excited to cast Tom Cruise's wife as one of the show’s most legendary off-screen characters.

'Katie is a lovely and talented actress, which is why we’ve saved for her perhaps the most classily named character in our show’s history,' Thomas told New York Magazine.


Slutty? It's hard to believe the sweet-faced star, pictured here with husband Tom Cruise, is playing a 'slutty' character BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 28: (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)


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