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Steve Carell is in control as Max in 'Get Smart'

It's no mystery: The casting of Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart pulled together all the dangling threads of the long-awaited "Get Smart," Warner Bros.' not-quite-a-remake of the '60s TV spy comedy, which opens Friday.

"I turned the project down several times over the years," said director Peter Segal. "Even though I was a fan of the show, I didn't feel the pieces were coming together, and it...

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