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3 Stars Take Over Ledger's Last Role

Posted Feb 18, 08 4:22 PM CST in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Hollywood hotties Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law will take over Heath Ledger's final film role, the BBC reports. Each will morph into the part in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Ledger's character, an actor, passes through a magic mirror into other dimensions. Ledger's footage will likely remain in Terry Gilliam's fantastical $30 million film.

A spokeswoman for Law said a preliminary deal is in place for the trio to take over the role of Tony "subject to negotiations." Shooting had moved from London to Vancouver when Ledger died of an accidental overdose last month at 28. At the time, the filmmakers called him "a great actor, a great friend and a great spirit."

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