By Adnan Tezer Nov 18, 2009, 0:47 GMT
Stephen Root has signed on to Fox Searchlight's "Cedar Rapids" and Robert Redford's latest directorial effort, "The Conspirator."
In "Rapids," Root joins Ed Helms, Anne Heche and John C. Reilly, playing the proud owner of an insurance company and Helms' boss. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedy is being directed by Miguel Arteta.
In "The Conspirator," Root joins James McAvoy and Robin Wright in the historical drama, where he'll play a key witness for the prosecution in the trial of a Confederate sympathizer who is tried as a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln.
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