'Orange Is the New Black' Season 4 cast, spoilers & news update: Britney Spears as the rumored new inmate; will overcrowding be an issue?

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Britney Spears is in demand, aside from her full-year turned two-year Las Vegas residency, which reportedly is gathering audiences from all over and reaping millions in ticket sales, Daily Mail reports.

The 33-year-old performer said, "I'm not ready to leave Vegas yet! I'm so proud of the show, and my band, my dancers and my crew have all become such a family to me."

Spears is also busy off-stage, as guest star roles have been lining up for the multi-talented former Disney star. Australia Network News reports that she may guest star on Netflix's Orange is the New Black as a new inmate, as actress Kate Mulgrew hinted that the fourth season will feature overcrowding issues in Litchfield Penitentiary.

OITNB's Taryn Manning, who co-starred with Spears and Zoe Saldana in the 2002 coming of age film Crossroads, also hinted at wanting the pop singer to join the cast.

Manning told ET Online, "Of course, I want Britney Spears everywhere you can see her. She's the best."

When asked about what character Spears could possibly play, the 36-year-old actress said, "I don't have to make up a character—she's such a good actor that I feel like they could do anything with her. I was so impressed working with her...she's just very sincere in her acting, you know? It's like everyone wanted to maybe hope that she's not gonna be good but she was great."

Manning isn't the only one singing praises to the iconic Ms. Spears, as Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is also gushing about working with her idol, People reports. Rodriguez recently spoke with HuffPost Live about that experience, which was documented in an Instagram photo, below.

 Yup. It's Britney, Bitch. #janethevirgin

A photo posted by Gina Rodriguez (@hereisgina) on Oct 5, 2015 at 7:33pm PDT

Rodriguez told HuffPost Live of the photo, "I swear I go back to that freaking picture so often 'cause I'm like, This happened!'"

The 31-year-old actress said that Spears was an "Incredible woman, super sweet, super kind. She loved the show, that's how it actually ended up happening."

Spears will appear in Jane the Virgin as herself and as Rogelio De La Vega's nemesis, and cast and crew already promised that there will be music and dancing in her episode. Rodriguez said that on set, "[Spears] is so incredible. You can tell she just wanted to be there. 'Cause she was light, and love and giving, and it's a great episode. It's so good."

"I mean, you can tell she's got comedy chops. Like nobody's business," she continued. "And to go head to head with Jaime [Camil] is like the ultimate challenge for comedic actors because he is so incredible and he always comes up to the plate with something new and something different. And she held her own and more. She was very, very good."

While Spears has shot her Jane the Virgin episode, Netflix has yet to confirm if Spears will make an appearance in Orange is the New Black.