# Steve Carrell to play Maxwell Smart

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**Created:** [March 4, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-carrell-to-play-maxwell-smart/394551 "2007-03-04T17:43:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-carrell-to-play-maxwell-smart/394551/24 "2007-03-05T13:27:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Tangent]  
Is there any word on who’ll be playing Agent 99?

(checks IMDB)

Anne Hathaway! That’s a very good choice.  
But what about Larabee? And Hymie?  
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Hymie has to be Patrick Warburton, who starred in the live action version of “The Tick”.

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