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Casting Couch: Downey, Mendes, Marin

By Garth Franklin Wednesday November 24th 2004 11:11PM

"Walt Disney Pictures has set Robert Downey Jr. to join Tim Allen in "The Shaggy Dog," the Brian Robbins-directed comic remake about a man who occasionally changes into a sheepdog. Downey will play a yuppie entrepreneur who is using dogs to experiment with the miracle drug he hopes will give seven years to every human year. Danny Glover and Kristin Davis also star..." (full story) "Eva Mendes (Out Of Time) and James LeGros (Drugstore Cowboy) have joined the cast of writer/director Bart Freundlich's "Trust the Man". The New York-set movie is about the ups and downs of relationships and the lengths men will go to sabotage and save their own happiness..." (full story) "Cheech Marin has joined the cast of cars, playing Ramon - a '58 Chevy. Marin says "it's a very interesting story about a little stock car racer. He's on his way to the big event and he breaks down in this little town that time forgot and it's like this time capsule of old cars. I play the auto-body shop, paintjob and interior type guy. He's a '58 Chevy and every time you him he's got a new look, a new paintjob, new interior; he's kinda like the tailor of the town"..." (full story) "Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria (she plays Gabrielle Solis) has signed on to star opposite Christian Bale in Harsh Times, the directorial debut of writer David Ayer. Shooting on the independent film starts in Los Angeles in January..." (full story) Thanks to 'Andy'

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