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Tooling around online this morning I came across this pretty funny interview from National Lampoons' Matt Zaller for Jennifer's Body, where, during the junket, he sat down with both Megan Fox and Johnny Simmons, but then ignored Fox the entire time -- made her wear a paper bag over her head so she wouldn't "get in the way" -- and then proceeded to chat with Simmons about potential sequels for Hotel for Dogs ... for like four and a half minutes. I was like, um, okay, that was odd -- because it was pretty clear this wasn't a skit or a sketch, and that neither Fox nor Simmons had any idea this dude was gonna pull out this weird stuff. So, instead, they just went with it ... and if you've seen Fox interviewed before, nothing phases this girl. You could be interviewing her while on fire, and she'd use you to light her cigarette and make the best of the situation.

So I thought, should I post this? I don't know. Because I figured you all would yell and cry stuff like, "That was so lame dude -- Cinematical sucks! I've seen other people do stuff like this! Huge fail!" But then a friend of mine just passed along Zaller's interview with Matt Damon for The Informant, and, well, it's fantastic. Not only does the dude wear clothing with pictures of himself photoshopped to make it look like he was hanging with Damon at some point, but he plays this recorded song that he made ... and, yeah, you just have to watch it for yourself.

Zaller's shtick sort of reminds me of Zach Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns, except here I don't believe the celebs are aware of what's going to take place. Watch them both after the jump and let us know what you think.

Oh, and more please.

Here are some Variety casting bites for the next wave of actors and actresses:

• Picking up a role in Lindsay Lohan's I Know Who Killed Me probably wasn't the best move, but Marc Senter is following it up with a number of alternatives. He's got two horror flicks on the way, Wicked Lake and Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, plus two new films -- Hippy and Ironclad. However, maybe he didn't learn his lesson because it seems that Hippy is a flick starring Lohan. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again!
  
• Next up is 30 Rock's towheaded Cerie, Katrina Bowden. It seems that she's just finished filming Sex Drive with James Marsden. This is that weird teen sex comedy that Jessica blogged about the other day. Unfortunately, there's no word on who she plays -- an object of teen affection, I would assume. Whatever the case, her career is definitely moving forward from her first gig as an actress in a Fall Out Boy music video.
• And last, but not least, we have Johnny Simmons, who is going to get a hand on Jennifer's Body. Yes, he's nabbed himself a lead role in Diablo Cody's pic, although exactly who he is playing remains to be seen. This should be a good balance between all the roles that the new actor has on his plate -- heroes, family flicks, and horror... After his stint as the kid in Evan Almighty, he's filmed The Spirit, and is currently dealing with that Hotel for Dogs.

With production set to begin next month, the Hotel for Dogs is about to turn off its vacancy sign. In June, I alerted you to the project when Thor Freudenthal was tapped to direct Lois Duncan's children's book from the '70s, about two orphaned teens who hide stray dogs in an abandoned hotel. After getting a director, Eric Roberts' offspring, Emma Roberts, was tapped to star as one of the kids, and then Don Cheadle signed on to play the orphans' social worker. Now we've got much of the cast in place, although there's still no familial cohort for Roberts in sight.

Topping the recent additions is Friends alum Lisa Kudrow, fresh off the upcoming Butler/Swank romance, P.S., I Love You. She will play the foster parent of the two dog-loving kids, which will be a bit of a contrast to her other upcoming work -- she's going to produce and star in a black comedy called Intense Girl Scouts. The other new cast member is Johnny Simmons, who recently hit the screen in Evan Almighty, and who is already set to play the young Denny Colt in The Spirit. Since the brother spot is still open, Simmons will be playing Roberts' crush.

They don't have too much time left, so hopefully they pick a co-star soon. Otherwise, it'll be mighty weird to see Roberts act with an imaginary person, and it will be an entirely different story. Instead of a feel-good tale of two kids and some cute canines, she'd be talking to people who aren't there and surrounding herself with dogs -- first step, foster, second step, asylum!

Well, The Spirit may be slutty, as Christopher Campbell pointed out, but he's still going to have a true, cinematic love. The Hollywood Reporter has posted that Sarah Paulson is joining the cast. She will play the police commissioner's daughter, Dr. Ellen Dolan -- who is also, of course, Denny Colt/The Spirit's true love. Paulson is the actress who played Harriet Hayes on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (which got her a Golden Globe nomination), and she's also been in flicks like The Notorious Bettie Page and Serenity. I'm not so sure on this choice, but Gabriel Macht, who is playing The Spirit, is pretty engaging, so maybe he can pull it out of her.

But she isn't the only one added to the cast. Joining the roster that already includes Samuel L. Jackson as Octopus, and Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson as femme fatales, are Dan Lauria, Stana Katic, Johnny Simmons, and Louis Lombardi. Lauria, the pop from The Wonder Years, will play the police commissioner (Paulson's dad); Katic, who plays HRG's recruit Hana on Heroes, will be a rookie cop; Simmons (Evan Almighty) will play a young Denny Colt; and Lombardi (24) will play Phobos, one of Octopus' henchman. This isn't the celebrity cast that Sin City had, so we'll have to wait and see if that helps or hinder the production, which is supposed to begin next month at Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico.