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By Rebecca Murray, About.com Guide to Hollywood Movies since 2001

Amanda Bynes Discusses "She's the Man"

Thursday March 16, 2006
The new guy on campus is really a girl just pretending to be male in the romantic comedy, "She's the Man," starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum. Bynes plays a high school student who masquerades as her twin brother and falls for his hot roommate in this teen-oriented tale from director Andy Fickman. (Photo: Robert Hoffman and Amanda Bynes © DreamWorks Pictures)

Bynes' TV series, "What I Like About You," has helped make the young actress popular with teenagers. In fact, her "She's the Man" co-star Vinnie Jones says that his kids were more impressed with the fact he worked with Bynes than they were over the fact he'd worked with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Bynes understands her target audience and says she really just wants people to go to this movie and have fun. "I hope that they have a good time and laugh and have fun because nothing is better than laughing. It's the best. We had fun making it and so I hope that they have fun watching it." Read On...
  • Amanda Bynes Talks About the Movie "She's the Man"

  • "She's the Man" Photo Gallery


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  • Wim Wenders and Eva Marie Saint on "Don't Come Knocking" and Sam Shepard's Script

  • "Don't Come Knocking" Photo Gallery

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