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Messina key ingredient for 'Julie & Julia'


December 13, 2007 Messina is in line to play the husband of Adams' title character, a depressed government worker trying to add spice to her marriage and life by making every recipe in Julia Child's book "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Streep plays the famed cookbook author in a parallel post-World War II story line. Ephron adapted the script from Julie Powell's autobiographical book "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen."

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