Watts and Schreiber both signed to play spies in rival movies

Hollywood partners Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber have both landed roles as spies in rival espionage movies.

Watts has singed to play secret agent Valerie Plane alongside Sean Penn in Fair Game; while Schreiber will star as Angelina Jolie's CIA boss in Salt.

And they are helping each other get into character.

Schreiber tells the New York Daily News, Naomi and I both play CIA agents who appear normal. They arent Hollywoods idea of a spy. Were both trying to figure out who they are.

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