With all the things that President Clinton could be doing – like his charity work and charging six figures for speeches about building bridges, he’s chosen to take a cameo role in a comedy film. Bill Clinton will appear in Hangover 2, a film that was dangerously close to showcasing Mel Gibson’s “comeback,” but replaced Mel with Liam Neeson when cast and crew complained about it. Bubba will appear in the film as himself, and fingers crossed that there will be a few well-placed jabs at his sex scandal.

First Mike Tyson and now … Bill Clinton?

Sure enough, that will be the former president sharing screen-time with the fun-loving guys in The Hangover 2, now filming in Thailand, a Clinton source confirms to PEOPLE.

Clinton, who’ll play himself in the comedy, shot his brief appearance on Saturday in Bangkok, where part of the production takes place. He was in the capital city to deliver a speech on clean energy.

Fans of the first Hangover will remember Mike Tyson’s memorable performance in that movie last year, while this sequel recently made news for the coming and going of Mel Gibson, whose cameo role will now be filled by Liam Neeson.

Directed by Todd Philips, the sequel, like the original, also stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha.

[From People]

I wonder how this all came about. Like I imagine the director and some of the cast were getting blasted in the hotel bar when they saw Clinton there and got up the courage to invite him over. They all hung out, had a few beers, and Bill like “sure, I’ll shoot with you guys tomorrow, what the hell?” Now we have a two time President making a cameo in an R-rated comedy. I would say that he should be above such things, but times have changed for sure. That said, do you think he got paid for it?