News Nuggets 02/04/04

Kong casts its hero and Caine opens a curry house


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Scarlett Squarepants

The endlessly talented Scarlett Johansson is taking on a vocal role in the upcoming animated feature, Spongebob Squarepants. For the uninitiated, Spongebob Squarepants is a sponge (clever eh?) dwelling in an undersea kingdom where fish walk around and blowing bubbles is an art form. Johansson will voice Mindy, the daughter of King Neptune. Alec Baldwin is on board to voice Dennis, an aquatic hitman. It's Art, Darling

Rutger Hauer has been enjoying himself immensely on the set of Batman Begins. According to a diary on his official site, things are going swimmingly - despite the fact that shagging pigeons were ruining takes by making too much noise - but is Hauer taking his cameo role in the film a little too seriously? "The cameo has a good solid structure but lacks character and I was able to drift to a horizon I saw in the back of my head because the director pushed me to explore and go there," says Hauer. "I found the 'key' to my position/part at the end of the second day

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