Amanda Bynes Says She Fought to Get Channing Tatum in *She's the Man*
Apparently, we have Amanda Bynes to thank for Channing Tatum’s acting career — well, according to Amanda Bynes, at least.
In her new interview with Paper magazine, the actress reveals she fought hard for Tatum to appear in her 2006 movie She’s the Man, which arguably launched his career. Prior to this, Tatum had done a few bit parts and, as Bynes points out, a Mountain Dew commercial.
“I totally fought for Channing [to get cast in] that movie because he wasn’t famous yet,” Bynes tells the publication. “He’d just done a Mountain Dew commercial and I was like, ‘This guy’s a star — every girl will love him!’ But [the producers] were like, ‘He’s so much older than all of you!’ And I was like, ‘It doesn’t matter! Trust me!'”
Thank God this happened, TBH. I mean, can you picture anyone else besides Tatum delivering such iconic lines in She’s the Man like “I’ve got to go change my feet?” No! He was born to play that role! Cheers to Bynes — and, well, Mountain Dew — for noticing his talent before the rest of the world.
This is one of the lighter anecdotes Bynes shares in her chat with Paper, which outlines her former substance abuse issues and eyebrow-raising behavior that made her tabloid fodder in 2013.
“I’ve been sober for almost four years now,” Bynes tells Paper, later adding, “I have no fear of the future. I’ve been through the worst and came out the other end and survived it so I just feel like it’s only up from here.”
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