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Fry lands pivotal 'Hitchhiker' role

LONDON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- British comic Stephen Fry has been cast as the narrator in "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy," the film version of the sci-fi adventure due in May.

The guide, a talking galactic travel book, was made famous in the bestselling comic fantasy novels by Douglas Adams.

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Fry told The Sun that landing the role was like "having your birthday on Christmas Day, discovering a winning lottery ticket in your stocking and having chocolate poured all over you."

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