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Since the baby descended upon their lives, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard have been laying low, staying out of the spotlight. (Except, of course, for Ms. Gyllenhaal showing Katie Holmes how Dawes is done.) But now each actor has a bunch of projects on the way, and have added a play to the mix.

Variety reports the pair have grabbed roles in an Off Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, which will hit the stage next year. The twist in this news -- they're both grabbing roles, but they're not playing lovers. Gyllenhaal will play Yelena, while Sarsgaard plays doctor Astrov. This means that she'll play the new, young wife of Serebrakov (the 70+ George Morfogen ... a coupling I bet you didn't see coming!). Also in the cast are Meryl Streep's daughter, Mamie Gummer, and Denis O'Hare (the man who watched the infinite abyss in Garden State) as Uncle Vanya.

Hollywood couple Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard put their relationship to the test to shoot new movie High Falls - because they had to be horrible to one another. The engaged couple, who recently celebrated the birth of baby daughter Ramona, really disliked each other's character on the set of the Sundance Film Festival-bound short film, in which they play a husband and wife. Gyllenhaal explains, "It was actually pretty horrible, to be honest. He was playing a big jerk and it was hard for me to be around him when all day long. We were in a terrible relationship in the movie, and it was really sad to have to pretend to be in that relationship for four days. I love his acting and I would love to make many movies with him but I want to make sure that the making of the movie will be good for us, because I'm not sure that the making of High Falls was good for us."...