Pictured: Alyson Hannigan and her husband, Neil Patrick Harris and his boyfriend, David Burtka, Michael C. Hall and his costar & wife, Jennifer Carpenter,  Kristen Chenoweth, Glen Close, Toni Collette, Cat Deely, Jenna Fischer, Michael J. Fox and his wife (of 21 years!) Tracy Pollan.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal has been snapped up to replace Toni Collette in an upcoming comedy from Sam Mendes.

The as-yet-untitled picture from the American Beauty director tells of a young couple (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph) who travel across the US in search of a place to call home.

Collette had been attached to star as a bohemian college professor and friend of Krasinski’s character but has been forced to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict.

According to Variety, Gyllenhaal has now been signed to take the role and will begin shooting in Connecticut next week.

Gyllenhaal’s joining of the project is not the first occasion on which she has been contracted to replace another actress. The Stranger Than Fiction star stepped in to Katie Holmes’ shoes as attorney Rachel Dawes in upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight.

The character has recently been the subject of a viral marketing campaign, with a video leaked showing Rachel Dawes pledging her support for Gotham City politician Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) who is vying for the position of district attorney.

However, Gyllenhaal recently stressed she had no plans to mimic her predecessor in the role.

“I think she’s a wonderful actress and I really admired the work that she did in the first Batman, but I don’t think it would have worked if I tried to imitate her,” she told SuperheroHype.com.

“I think the only way to do it is do it like myself.”

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Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette blames an identity crisis in Hollywood for the current crop of identikit stars. Australian Collette believes the fad for size zero actresses is responsible for Tinseltown’s lack of individuality, and worries the pressure to be thin could damage the industry. She says, “We are living in an age of sheep. People assume that they have to be like everyone else. “Hollywood’s current obsession with thinness really worries me. It tells me that these people are terribly unsure of themselves. “The pressure to conform is huge. It is hard for people to be individuals these days.”

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