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"Dermot Mulroney has signed up for a guest role on Zooey Deschanel&amp;#039;s New Girl. The J. Edgar star will play a love interest for Deschanel&amp;#039;s Jess, according to TVLine. Handsome and wealthy, his character is the father of one of Jess&amp;#039;s students and will romance the quirky teacher after an awkward first encounter. Mulroney is best known for his roles in such films as 1988&amp;#039;s Young Guns, 1997&amp;#039;s My Best Friend&amp;#039;s Wedding and 2002&amp;#039;s About Schmidt. His television credits include a guest stint on Friends and the lead role in NBC&amp;#039;s aborted remake of The Rockford Files. He will appear in multiple episodes of New Girl beginning in March or April. Mean Girls star Lizzy Caplan and True Blood&amp;#039;s Ryan Kwanten have also filmed roles on the show. New Girl returns to Fox on Tuesday, January 17 at 9/8c. The series also airs on Channel 4 in the UK, on Fridays at 8.30pm. &amp;gt; Kristen Bell to appear on Zooey Deschanel&amp;#039;s New Girl? Watch a behind-the-scenes New Girl video with star Lamorne Morris below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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