Futterman Good Enough for Lopez

ByABC News
February 22, 2001, 8:13 PM

February 22 -- Just can't get enough of Judging Amy's Dan Futterman?

Neither can Jennifer Lopez, who just secured the mensch-y actor for her next film, the thriller Enough. Lopez already has one TV actor in the cast, Once and Again's Billy Campbell, who'll play her abusive, Sleeping With the Enemy-kinda boyfriend.

Sandra Bullock was once attached to star in the thriller but opted to film another, as-yet-unnamed suspenser for director Barbet Schroeder instead.

Most recently, The Practice's Dylan McDermott bowed out of the role of the abusive boyfriend, paving the way for Campbell to show us his dark side.

Futterman, whose big-screen credits include the drag-queen comedy The Birdcage and the con-man lark Shooting Fish, will play Lopez's sensitive (we presume) ex-beau who has to show Campbell what-for in defending his lovely ex.

For his role as a grief-stricken gay man in the indie Urbania, Futterman was awarded best actor honors at last year's Seattle International Film Fest.

On Judging Amy, he plays series lead Amy Brenneman's brother, Vincent.