In 2011, Vergara was supposed to star in "The Paperboy", an independent drama directed by Lee Daniels. When shooting was delayed for a week and conflicted with her shooting schedule for the third season of "Modern Family", she dropped out. In July 2011, she finished filming the Farrelly brothers' "The Three Stooges", her first leading role in a major film. She said, "I play a mean woman that tries to manipulate the Three Stooges into killing her husband so that she gets all the money."