'Gossip' guy Ed Westwick nails 'Californication'

Chuck Bass and Hank Moody in the same room? Lock up your daughters -- and for good measure, maybe your sisters, nieces, aunts and moms too.

"Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick will switch coasts briefly later this year to guest-star on Showtime's "Californication." He's one of several new additions to the racy comedy; pop and soap-opera star Rick Springfield, Eva Amurri ("Saved!") and Embeth Davidtz ("In Treatment") will also pop in on the show's third season, which is set for the fall.

They join previously announced guests Kathleen Turner, Peter Gallagher and Diane Farr on the show.

Season three of "Californication" will find Hank (David Duchovny) taking a teaching job at a university. That's where he'll encounter Westwick, who will play a student with "a fascination for vampire lit" in the second episode, Showtime says. Amurri, who worked on Showtime's pilot "Possible Side Effects" earlier this year, will also play a student.

Springfield will appear as himself in at least one episode. The "Jessie's Girl" singer reprised his role as Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital" last year.

Davidtz, who played one of the patients on HBO's "In Treatment" last season, is set to play the wife of the dean of students (Gallagher) and will appear in 10 episodes. Her other credits include "Junebug," "Schindler's List" and "Bridget Jones's Diary."

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