According to "Eucalyptus" on-set source 'Hatch', Nicole Kidman is playing Ellen. Jack Thompson will be her father, Holland [replacing Geoffrey Rush]. Hugo Weaving is going to be Mr. Cave, the suitor. Russell Crowe is playing the storytelling stranger. "Adulterous "Desperate Housewives" gardening hunk Jesse Metcalf, recently named US Weekly's Sexiest Man on Television, is apparently being considered to portray the late King of Rock n' Roll in CBS's forthcoming TV miniseries Elvis. The four-hour Elvis begins filming this January in New Orleans for a 2005 airdate. James Sadwith will direct..." (full review) "Jessica Simpson will star in "Room Service," an adaptation of the chick-lit novel by Beverly Brandt. "Room Service" is a romantic comedy that follows a spoiled young heiress who's been disinherited by her father. Forced to abandon her socialite lifestyle, she takes a job in the hotel where she must work to pay off her tab. Along the way, she finds love and learns that not getting what you want can be its own best reward. Janus Cercone ("Leap of Faith") will adapt the screenplay..." (full review) "Billy Zane has signed on to star in the independent feature "Memory," joining Dennis Hopper and Ann-Margret who already have been cast in the psychological thriller about a medical researcher who taps into the genetically stored memories of a killer. Zane will play the researcher. "Memory" will be directed by Bennett Davlin..." (full review) Thanks to 'Hatch'.
Casting Couch: Metcalf, Simpson, Zane
By Garth Franklin
Thursday November 18th 2004 09:52PM
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