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3/12//03 We're Hangin' With..... FRANKIE MUNIZ of "Agent Cody Banks" by: Lynn B.
AGW: What was it about this movie that appealed to you? Frankie: I remember reading the script like three, four years ago now. Actually, right when I did Big Fat Liar. I thought it would be so cool because the script was just so full of energy. It just seemed like it would be a lot of fun to do. I was so excited. They had these amazing sets, these huge awesome gadgets. I'd like to have the BMW skateboard. AGW: In this film, how much of the stunt work did you get to do yourself? Frankie: I did a lot of it. Pretty much all the fighting stuff, except the flips. I did a lot of the skateboarding stuff, except for go out of the tube and go riding down the rail. I was really holding on to the car, but I was attached to it of course. I loved doing the stunts. I would hate when they tell me I couldn't do one. That's part of the fun. AGW: How much of a stretch is it for you to play a guy who's a little bit nervous about the girls? Frankie: Um, not too big of a stretch. [laughter]. No, I can't just go up to girls and talk to them. But I can talk to girls. Like I can have a conversation with them. But I can't like hit on a girl at all, you know what I mean? AGW: Do girls feel they already know you because of your fame? Frankie: I think that's one of the reasons why I can't. Because every time I have just talked to a girl, it's like, 'Oh my God, let me take a picture, let me get my friends'. And that's like, yech, and that ruins it right there. AGW: You are more grown up, more of a hottie in this film. Frankie:
(grinning) What can I say? No, I think that's weird you know because I'm
just normal. I don't have girls chasing me, I have fans and stuff like
that. But, then I'm not like 'No, get away, you can't come to my house
tonight. [laughter] Wait a couple years'.
AGW: And what is your car status these days? Every time we talk to you, you're driving a different one. Frankie: I have four right now. I have a Jedda [the Fast and Furious car]. I'm sending it to more car shows. I haven't driven it in a while. You know, it just kind of sits in my garage and goes on a trailer and off. And I made all my money back, you know, sending it to shows. And I'm going to be selling it at the end of this year, so I can buy a couple more with the price that I get for it. AGW: Are
you playing sports? Frankie: I'm reading "The Great Gatsby" right now, for school. And I just started it, but It's okay. I have friends who go to normal school and do like the normal teenage thing. I'm a teenager, but I'm just so annoyed by them. You know what I mean? Just like the things that they do, the way they act. They're just not themselves. The few friends I do have are completely like me. They don't dress a certain way, they don't act a certain way. They all can't talk to girls. It's just cool to have like a group of kids that you don't have to worry about how you look or how you act. My best friend, we've been friends since I got here, since the day I moved out here. We hang out all day, every day. AGW: You
and your co-star Hilary Duff have a history. Tell us about it. AGW: How
do you try to have a regular teen life and cope with success? Are there
problems?
Frankie:
Race cars, play basketball in the NBA. Frankie: We're at 85 episodes now. We have two more left this season, so we're getting close to 100. We're still going really strong and people are still watching. I can't picture it going off the air because it lost viewers and nobody watches it. I think It's going to be one of the kind of shows that just kind of ends. It's going to have the series finale and a billion people will tune in to watch that last episode. Rather than just like being cancelled. I would hate that. But Malcolm can't be 23, have a nice goatee and be driving my cars. That's just not going to work. AGW: You'll be 18 before long. Do you think about war and the draft? Frankie: Of course. I'm moving to Australia tomorrow. But seriously, It's so scary to think about. You know, me and my friends always bring it up of course somehow in our conversations. Next year we could be drafted. I'm taking world and U.S. history right now and reading about all those wars and everything. You think this can't happen now. That's so weird.
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As
"Malcolm in the Middle", 17-year-old Frankie Muniz plays a smart
but often put upon guy who hardly ever gets the girl. Now, it's move over
XXX and Bond. CIA Agent Cody Banks is on the case riding a wild
skateboard, driving a Ferrari and kicking it with some mean martial arts
moves. Frankie is on the move too, to a new home and a more independent
lifestyle. He's annoyed by teens who pretend to be someone they aren't.
He's growing up but, like both his characters, he has trouble hitting
on girls. However, he does relate well to his stable of hot cars! 
Frankie:
I had someone ask to cut a piece of my hair off. And I thought, really,
oh no!! I need this, I'm trying to grow it long. Come on, come on, and
me running away. 
AGW:
If you weren't acting, what would you like to do?