Actor Key Ingredient For ´Julie & Julia´

˝Six Feet Under˝ veteran Chris Messina is in negotiations to play the husband of Amy Adams in the comedy ˝Julie & Julia.˝

"Six Feet Under" veteran Chris Messina is in negotiations to play the husband of Amy Adams in the comedy "Julie & Julia."

Adams ("Enchanted") plays a depressed government worker trying to add spice to her marriage and life by making every recipe in Julia Child's book "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Meryl Streep plays the famed cookbook author in a parallel post-World War II story line. Stanley Tucci is set to play Child's husband.

Director Nora Ephron adapted the script from Julie Powell's memoir "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen." Powell's husband Eric urged her to start a blog about the undertaking, which led to a large online following and her 2005 nonfiction best-seller.

The Columbia Pictures project is tentatively set to begin production in March.

Messina, known for portraying Lauren Ambrose's boyfriend on the last season of "Six Feet Under," also starred as Ira in Magnolia Pictures' "Ira and Abby" alongside Jennifer Westfeldt.