
The latest actor to make the switch is Ray Liotta; while he still crops up in more serious tough guy roles from time to time, he's started to make a decent living out of roles in comedies like "Wild Hogs," "Observe and Report" and "Youth in Revolt." He's got the Tobey Maguire/Elizabeth Banks dramedy "The Details" on the way, and now he's signed on to a film from one of the more potent comic teams around at the moment -- the Judd Apatow-produced, David Wain-directed comedy "Wanderlust."
The comedy toplines Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a married couple who escape New York society by moving into a hippie commune, and also features Lauren Ambrose, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda and Malin Akerman among the cast. There's no word on who Liotta will play -- we've had the script for a while, but never quite got around to reading it, otherwise we'd take our usual semi-educated guess...
The pleasantly surprising "Role Models" showed that Wain could bring his comic chops from "The State" to a more mainstream audience, without diluting it, and with Apatow having his back, and a strong cast, this is one of the comedies we're most looking forward to in the next year. [The Hollywood Reporter]
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