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" Paul Rudd has joined Parks and Recreation. The Anchorman and I Love You, Man star will play Leslie Knope&amp;#039;s (Amy Poehler) opponent in the race for city council, New York Magazine reports. Rudd will appear in at least one episode of the NBC series. The actor recently starred as Westley in a one-night-only stage version of The Princess Bride. Earlier this month, Rudd was cast in the film Freezing People Is Easy opposite Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig and Owen Wilson. He will play television repair man Bob Nelson in the movie, which tells the tale of a man experimenting with the science of cryonics during the 1960s. Rudd will also star opposite Emma Watson and Nina Dobrev in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Chbosky&amp;#039;s novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Parks and Recreation returns this Thursday (January 12) at 8.30pm on NBC. &amp;amp;gt; Paul Rudd: &amp;#039;Nude scenes are mortifying&amp;#039;&amp;amp;gt; Jon Hamm is a big comedy nerd, says Paul Rudd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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