The Game's Brandy: Chardonnay Will Keep Jason in Check

One year ago, Brandy attended the Season 4 premiere of The Game and walked away with one thought.
"I was like, 'This is a fantastic show. I would love to be part of something this smart and this amazing and relatable,'" she tells TVGuide.com.

So surely she must've reached out to BET and producers, right? Nope! "I was busy with other projects, but then they wanted me to read for this character. But the timing was so weird because I didn't really have time to prepare. Then they said, 'We're just going to give it to you!' I was like, 'What?!' So the moral of the story is, don't take initiative!" she jokes. "This all just happened by chance."

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In her biggest TV role since Moesha ended 11 years ago, Brandy will recur on Season 5 of the comedy as a spunky bartender named — wait for it — Chardonnay who romances the newly single and slightly heartbroken Jason (Coby Bell). But it's anything but love at first sight for these two. For one, they don't exactly get off on the best foot, as seen in the sneak peek below.