{"id":1995214,"date":"2025-09-03T19:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1995214"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:10:27","slug":"frankie-muniz-recalls-working-with-amanda-bynes-and-hilary-duff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/frankie-muniz-recalls-working-with-amanda-bynes-and-hilary-duff\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Muniz Recalls Working With Amanda Bynes and Hilary Duff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frankie Muniz<\/strong><\/a> is taking a trip down memory lane recalling his time working with several famous faces.<\/p>\n

While reflecting on his time with Hilary Duff<\/strong> in Agent Cody Banks<\/em> and Amanda Bynes<\/strong> in Big Fat Liar<\/em>, Muniz, 39, revealed whether he has stayed in touch with anyone from those days.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, no,\u201d Muniz exclusively shared with Us Weekly<\/em> in the latest cover story. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to Angie [Harmon]<\/strong> a bit here and there. I haven\u2019t talked to or seen Hilary since the premiere of Agent Cody Banks<\/em>. It would be great to get everyone back together. My biggest fault is that I\u2019m bad at communication. I want to be the person that gets the gang back together. Maybe that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muniz, who got his start as a child actor<\/a> in New York City, shared that his \u201cdream\u201d was to be on the sketch comedy series All That<\/em> with Bynes, 39.<\/p>\n

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\n Frankie Muniz and Hilary Duff in \u2018Agent Cody Banks\u2019.<\/span> MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI had the biggest crush on Amanda,\u201d Muniz shared. \u201cI was supposed to cohost Nickelodeon\u2019s Kids\u2019 Choice Awards in 2000 and I knew Amanda was [a presenter]. My mom got a call from Gail Berman<\/strong>, who was the president of Fox, and my mom\u2019s screaming, and she\u2019s like, \u2018You got asked to host Saturday Night Live<\/em>.\u2019 [But it was the same date as the Kids\u2019 Choice Awards], so I turned it down.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cSo I met Amanda and we became friends; we talked to each other on AOL. There was never any secret dating. After the premiere of Big Fat Liar<\/em>, I saw her a few times, but we lost touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes in \u2018Big Fat Liar\u2019.<\/span> Universal Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bynes went on to retire from acting at age 24, continuing to make headlines with her mental health and substance abuse struggles \u2014 something that Muniz shared he \u201cnever would\u2019ve seen\u201d coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all I\u2019ll say,\u201d Muniz said, when asked whether he could have predicted the way Bynes\u2019 life turned out<\/a>. \u201c[She was] the most professional, happy, easygoing person I ever met. I never saw a sign of anything negative. I wish her nothing but happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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