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IGN.com<\/a> reports that Monty Python<\/a><\/i> and Fawlty Towers<\/i> alumnus John Cleese<\/a> \u2014 who has lately taken bit parts and supporting roles in the James Bond<\/a>, Harry Potter<\/a><\/i>, Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/i> and Pink Panther<\/i> movies, among others \u2014 has joined the cast of Scott Derrickson\u2019s remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/a><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Cleese will play physicist Dr. Barnhardt, a Nobel Prize laureate who plays a key part in figuring out the mission and meaning of the arrival of the alien Klaatu [played by Keanu Reeves<\/a>].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The part of Prof. Jacob Barnhardt was played in the original film by Sam Jaffe<\/a>, and his performance has often been interpreted as a riff of sorts on Albert Einstein<\/a>, who was still alive at the time. Presumably Cleese\u2019s take on the character will be a little\u2026 different.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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