Each is also interested in Slevin (Josh Hartnett), a hapless young man who finds himself in the wrong apartment at the wrong time.

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One benefit of the two-year delay in O's release is that two of its stars, Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett, virtual unknowns when the picture was shot, now enjoy much bigger Hollywood profiles, which should help the film at the box office.

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Matthew (Josh Hartnett) is meant to be going to China in his capacity as an advertising executive, instead of which he stays behind in a freezing Chicago in his capacity as a total schmuck, vainly attempting to trace a former love (Diane Kruger).

NEWYORKER: Wicker Park