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Billy Crudup has been cast in Eat, Pray, Love.

The actor will star opposite Julia Roberts, whose main character sets off across Italy, India and Indonesia. to try and figure out her life.

Based on the non-fiction book of the same name, the film follows the author around the world, following her husband's desire for a child that prompts her on a trip of self-discovery.

Javier Bardem will portray Roberts' lover in Indonesia.

In Watchmen, Billy Crudup is tasked with bringing Dr. Manhattan to life.

A former physicist that underwent a life-altering accident, this layered super hero can see the future. As Crudup told Entertainment Weekly, though, such ominiscience creates a problem for the doctor: he cares less and less for mere mortrals.

"Why bother with human beings when you can peer into a star?" the actor said, adding that the role and situation is "a thrilling thought experiment."

Watchmen fans certainly agree. The movie comes out on March 6, 2009.