Amanda Bynesplayed teenager Viola, who poses as her twin brother Sebastian, in 2006’sShe’s the Man. Behind the scenes, the actress wore even more hats.Bynes helped with casting, and credits herself with gettingChanning Tatumhis breakout role in the film.“I totally fought for Channing [to get cast in] that movie because he wasn’t famous yet,” Bynes, 32,saidin an interview inPaper Magazine’s Break the Internet issue. “He’d just done a Mountain Dew commercial and I was like, ‘This guy’s a star — every girl will love him!’ “But the former child star claimed that the rest of the team wasn’t sold on casting Tatum, now 38.“[The producers] were like, ‘He’s so much older than all of you!’ “ she recalled. “And I was like, ‘It doesn’t matter! Trust me!’ ”Dreamworks Skg/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockTatum, who is just six years older than Bynes, went on to play her hunky and sensitive love interest, who infamously puts a tampon up his nose after Viola convinces him they stop nose bleeds as an attempt to keep from blowing her cover.Later that year, Tatum starred inStep Up, which cemented him as a Hollywood standout andintroduced himtoJenna Dewan, hiswife of nine yearsand the mom to his5-year-old daughter Everly. He’s also starred in theMagic Mikeand21 Jump Streetfranchises, and appeared in action films likeHaywire,Kingsman: The Golden CircleandLogan Lucky.Rob Mcewan/Dreamworks Skg/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockShe’s the Manremains a favorite among millennials, but Bynes doesn’t have fond memories of the comedy. Upon seeing the movie, Bynes didn’t like how she looked as a boy with short hair and sideburns, calling it “a super strange and out-of-body experience. It just really put me into a funk.”“I went into a deep depression for 4-6 months because I didn’t like how I looked when I was a boy,” Bynes admitted.The next year, she bounced back withHairspray, in which Bynes played Penny Pingleton alongside Zac Efron and John Travolta.“That movie to this day was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had on a set,” said Bynes, who isnow studyingat Los Angeles’ Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
Amanda Bynesplayed teenager Viola, who poses as her twin brother Sebastian, in 2006’sShe’s the Man. Behind the scenes, the actress wore even more hats.
Bynes helped with casting, and credits herself with gettingChanning Tatumhis breakout role in the film.
“I totally fought for Channing [to get cast in] that movie because he wasn’t famous yet,” Bynes, 32,saidin an interview inPaper Magazine’s Break the Internet issue. “He’d just done a Mountain Dew commercial and I was like, ‘This guy’s a star — every girl will love him!’ “
But the former child star claimed that the rest of the team wasn’t sold on casting Tatum, now 38.
“[The producers] were like, ‘He’s so much older than all of you!’ “ she recalled. “And I was like, ‘It doesn’t matter! Trust me!’ ”
Dreamworks Skg/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Tatum, who is just six years older than Bynes, went on to play her hunky and sensitive love interest, who infamously puts a tampon up his nose after Viola convinces him they stop nose bleeds as an attempt to keep from blowing her cover.
Later that year, Tatum starred inStep Up, which cemented him as a Hollywood standout andintroduced himtoJenna Dewan, hiswife of nine yearsand the mom to his5-year-old daughter Everly. He’s also starred in theMagic Mikeand21 Jump Streetfranchises, and appeared in action films likeHaywire,Kingsman: The Golden CircleandLogan Lucky.
Rob Mcewan/Dreamworks Skg/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
She’s the Manremains a favorite among millennials, but Bynes doesn’t have fond memories of the comedy. Upon seeing the movie, Bynes didn’t like how she looked as a boy with short hair and sideburns, calling it “a super strange and out-of-body experience. It just really put me into a funk.”
“I went into a deep depression for 4-6 months because I didn’t like how I looked when I was a boy,” Bynes admitted.
The next year, she bounced back withHairspray, in which Bynes played Penny Pingleton alongside Zac Efron and John Travolta.
“That movie to this day was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had on a set,” said Bynes, who isnow studyingat Los Angeles’ Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
source: people.com
