Jennifer Aniston:Rachel Green :: Eva Longoria:What's her character's name?

American beauty Jennifer Aniston just finished the erotic thriller 'Derailed' and has a Christmas release titled 'Rumor Has It' waiting in the wings. But petite sexpot Eva Longoria has said that Jen is typecast as "Rachel Green' the character she played on the long-running NBC sitcom 'Friends.' It was quite the odd exchange. Longoria first blamed her 'beauty' for stunting her early acting career, and wishes to keep away from playing the sultry and adulterous roles, because she doesn't want to be typecast like former Friends actress Jennifer Aniston, who she claims will never shake off her best known role. She says: "I've done a couple of films and I'd love to do more. I want roles that are the opposite of Gabrielle - I don't want to be known as just a sexpot, it's so hard to break out of. Even though Jennifer Aniston's had huge success, she'll always be Rachel Green." Ouch! Aniston is making a pretty big leap from a monster sitcom to big budget films and so far - not bad. Her character in the movie 'Derailed' (Lucinda Harris) was the antithesis of Rachel. We love Eva, but that's a tough call. She'd better hope Desperate Housewives has a run like "Friends." [National Ledger]