COSMOGIRL
Prinze Charming
September 2001
由 Deborah Baer
What makes Freddie Prinze Jr. CosmoGIRL!'s Sexiest Guy of the Year? Anyone who's seen his movies- from She's All That to his most recent, Summer Catch- might say, without hesitation, his beautiful, honest eyes! His cute butt! But after reaching him on the phone while he was 8,000 miles away shooting Scooby Doo in Australia, we realizes it's not the physical stuff at all. It's that this is a guy who's always thinking - about others, about the way the world works, about how he can make himself a better person. And that quality is way 更多 attractive than his looks could ever be. He's a real guy- the kind you'd 爱情 to just chill with while you're watching a 篮球 game on TV (which is exactly what he's doing when we call!).
CG!: Sorry to take 你 away from the game. Who are 你 rooting for, anyway?
Freddie: I 爱情 underdogs. I don't want to go with the one that everyone always goes with, know what I mean?
CG!: Why do 你 think you're like that?
Freddie: I'm not sure. I read this 占星术 book one time called The Birthday Book. I don't really believe in that stuff, but it was so dead-on. The 标题 of the 日 on my birthday, March 8, was "The 日 of Nonconformity." Everything that was written on the page was literally as if I was 阅读 one of those unauthorized cheese-ball biographies about myself, 你 know, Freddie Prinze Jr.- He's All That! I mean, the first thing was, "You don't believe in conforming to the majority. 你 pull for the underdog. 你 always go against the grain- not to cause problems, but because 你 have to follow your own tune. "It was almost disturbing!
CG!: Do 你 consider yourself an underdog?
Freddie: There are situations where I'm the favorite, and some where I'm not. I win some and I lose some. There are certain films where I've been the 最喜爱的 but I didn't get the part. So whoever was pulling for the underdog that 日 was extremely happy, and I…was not. Like, the whole reason I started 表演 was because I wanted to make Spider-Man. And I worked, and worked, and worked so hard to get that film, and I wanted to be in it so badly. I met with the director, and everyone was saying life was good. Then suddenly he made an offer to somebody else [Tobey Maguire] who he wanted all along. I realized that he was never interested in me. I was hugely disappointed.
CG!: How do 你 get over something like that?
Freddie: I just sort of keep everything in perspective. It bothers me for about three hours, and I let it go. At the same time, if something great happens, I don't let it blow my mind and feel like the coolest guy in the world. I'm not going to let anybody tell me I'm good and believe that, and I'm not going to let anybody tell me I'm bad and believe that. Like, people say- and this happens 更多 to women than to me- "She just needs to lose five pounds, and we'll put some highlights in her hair." And these women will do that, instead of just believing that they're beautiful, believing that they're talented, and believing in themselves. If you're not happy with yourself, then, yeah, 你 need to make some changes. But if other people aren't happy with 你 but 你 are? Guess what? You're way ahead of the game.
CG!: That's so CosmoGIRL! Of you. Are 你 spiritual?
Freddie: I'm not really religious, but I am very spiritual. I try to do my own thing. Every single 日 I take really long showers 或者 baths. I pray, kick back, and think about what I'm doing and if there are ways to do certain things better. If there are, then I do them. Then I get really happy with myself and know I am doing a good job. I know what I believe. I believe in god, and I live 由 the universal Golden Rule- do unto others as 你 want done to you.
CG!: 你 were a loner in high school. Do 你 remember when that changed for you?
Freddie: I was always on the outside looking in. But living in Hollywood is basically like going back to high school. Everybody tries to find a group to belong to. It's like joining a gang. 你 feel like 你 have to be 安全 to succeed and to feel good.
CG!: Are 你 in a "gang"?
Freddie: I never wanted to be a part of those groups. Like, I don't go to parties and hang out with those people. It's just not my thing. I have a group of friends, but none of them are really actors. One's a computer programmer, one owns a restaurant, one's a lawyer, and one's in school. One is an actor on The West Wing, but he is one of the most kickback people I have ever met. We're all very different, and we have different opinions on things.
CG!: What will 你 tell your 老友记 when they see 你 in the 橙子, 橙色 丁字裤 in Summer Catch?
Freddie: That's my body double wearing the 橙子, 橙色 丁字裤 and running around half naked! I have a no-nudity clause in BIG BLACK LETTERS in my contracts. No one but my girl will ever see my ass, and that's just the way it is. I apologize if that hurts anyone's feelings!
CG!: Speaking of Sarah [Michelle Gellar, his fiancée in case 你 didn't know], how cool is it that 你 guys get to do Scooby Doo together?
Freddie: I would be lying if I 说 it wasn't a million times easier being in Australia with Sarah than another actress. I wouldn't be having as much fun. The other actress would not be as good. And I'd miss Sarah too much.
CG!: 你 guys seem so tight. What the worst rumor you've ever read about your relationship?
Freddie: A lot of things are printed about me and my relationship that are simply not true. But the worst was, and I have never told anyone this before, I took Sarah to where my father [actor and comedian Freddie Prinze, who dies when Freddie was 10 months old] is buried. I was trying to 显示 her something special. But someone followed us and took pictures and sold them to a tabloid. They made up this whole ridiculous story with 语录 from me and Sarah. It was horrible and awful and terrible. That was 由 far the most invasive. But it taught me a great lesson. Now I look over my shoulder constantly to see if we're being followed.
CG!: Is it fun working together?
Freddie: It's awesome! She is such a wonderful actress- she doesn't know 锄, 锄头 good she is. She's being allowed to spread her wings and go wild. People are going to be so terribly impressed. It's different than anything she's done. She's been 给 the opportunity to, which I don't think she gets often enough, to just shine. And when she does, it's a sight to behold. 你 watch the monitors- and 你 have to understand, they're only eight 由 six inches- and she is shining on that. When it's on the big screen, its just going to blow everybody out of their seats. They're not going to know what to do. I've never been so proud of her. She's going to be the biggest movie 星, 星级 in the world.
CG!: Wow that is so sweet!
Freddie: It's not just sweet- it's 100 percent true. If it wasn't me telling you, someone else would be.
CG!: Well, we've heard you're a prankster, so 你 can always get them back!
Freddie: I like to pull jokes, but I like to save them for the guys, not girls, because some of them are pretty elaborate. Once, Jed Ryan [ Freddie's costar in Summer Catch] was picking up his girl at the airport. I put this liquid in his 可乐 that makes 你 have to…I'm trying of think of a classy way to say this…well…it fives 你 the runs. I ordered it from the back of police equipment magazine. So Jed starts getting sick like halfway to the airport, but he doesn't go to the bathroom. He gets back and is like, "Dude, can I use your bathroom?" and I'm like, "No! Use your own bathroom." I was not about to let him go in my trailer because I knew what was going to happen. So he goes in the extras' bathroom and, literally, 你 hear screaming and this god-awful noise that I wont try to recreate because I'm going to eat lunch soon. Everyone outside was on the floor laughing. He has no idea that we did this to him- but I guess he will now!
CG!: Freddie Prinze Jr., we are shocked!
Freddie: I've also lied in interviews- how bad is that? It just depends on the kind of mood 你 get me in. Sometimes I don't want to talk, so I just start making up stuff. Hey, it's hard to speak about yourself for three hours without feeling like the most egotistical person in the world. The kind of 问题 I get are like, "What does it feel like to be voted the hottest hottie?" [Editor's note: Glad we haven't asked that…yet!] How do 你 answer something like that without sounding narcissistic? If 你 read all my 文章 from all the magazines that I have been in, 你 would think that I just wanted to have sex with myself 24 hours a day! But it's not me, 你 know what I mean?
CG!: Um, have 你 been lying to us?
Freddie: No…but I wouldn't tell 你 if I was!
CG!: D'oh
Copyright © 2001 CosmoGirl Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
Prinze Charming
September 2001
由 Deborah Baer
What makes Freddie Prinze Jr. CosmoGIRL!'s Sexiest Guy of the Year? Anyone who's seen his movies- from She's All That to his most recent, Summer Catch- might say, without hesitation, his beautiful, honest eyes! His cute butt! But after reaching him on the phone while he was 8,000 miles away shooting Scooby Doo in Australia, we realizes it's not the physical stuff at all. It's that this is a guy who's always thinking - about others, about the way the world works, about how he can make himself a better person. And that quality is way 更多 attractive than his looks could ever be. He's a real guy- the kind you'd 爱情 to just chill with while you're watching a 篮球 game on TV (which is exactly what he's doing when we call!).
CG!: Sorry to take 你 away from the game. Who are 你 rooting for, anyway?
Freddie: I 爱情 underdogs. I don't want to go with the one that everyone always goes with, know what I mean?
CG!: Why do 你 think you're like that?
Freddie: I'm not sure. I read this 占星术 book one time called The Birthday Book. I don't really believe in that stuff, but it was so dead-on. The 标题 of the 日 on my birthday, March 8, was "The 日 of Nonconformity." Everything that was written on the page was literally as if I was 阅读 one of those unauthorized cheese-ball biographies about myself, 你 know, Freddie Prinze Jr.- He's All That! I mean, the first thing was, "You don't believe in conforming to the majority. 你 pull for the underdog. 你 always go against the grain- not to cause problems, but because 你 have to follow your own tune. "It was almost disturbing!
CG!: Do 你 consider yourself an underdog?
Freddie: There are situations where I'm the favorite, and some where I'm not. I win some and I lose some. There are certain films where I've been the 最喜爱的 but I didn't get the part. So whoever was pulling for the underdog that 日 was extremely happy, and I…was not. Like, the whole reason I started 表演 was because I wanted to make Spider-Man. And I worked, and worked, and worked so hard to get that film, and I wanted to be in it so badly. I met with the director, and everyone was saying life was good. Then suddenly he made an offer to somebody else [Tobey Maguire] who he wanted all along. I realized that he was never interested in me. I was hugely disappointed.
CG!: How do 你 get over something like that?
Freddie: I just sort of keep everything in perspective. It bothers me for about three hours, and I let it go. At the same time, if something great happens, I don't let it blow my mind and feel like the coolest guy in the world. I'm not going to let anybody tell me I'm good and believe that, and I'm not going to let anybody tell me I'm bad and believe that. Like, people say- and this happens 更多 to women than to me- "She just needs to lose five pounds, and we'll put some highlights in her hair." And these women will do that, instead of just believing that they're beautiful, believing that they're talented, and believing in themselves. If you're not happy with yourself, then, yeah, 你 need to make some changes. But if other people aren't happy with 你 but 你 are? Guess what? You're way ahead of the game.
CG!: That's so CosmoGIRL! Of you. Are 你 spiritual?
Freddie: I'm not really religious, but I am very spiritual. I try to do my own thing. Every single 日 I take really long showers 或者 baths. I pray, kick back, and think about what I'm doing and if there are ways to do certain things better. If there are, then I do them. Then I get really happy with myself and know I am doing a good job. I know what I believe. I believe in god, and I live 由 the universal Golden Rule- do unto others as 你 want done to you.
CG!: 你 were a loner in high school. Do 你 remember when that changed for you?
Freddie: I was always on the outside looking in. But living in Hollywood is basically like going back to high school. Everybody tries to find a group to belong to. It's like joining a gang. 你 feel like 你 have to be 安全 to succeed and to feel good.
CG!: Are 你 in a "gang"?
Freddie: I never wanted to be a part of those groups. Like, I don't go to parties and hang out with those people. It's just not my thing. I have a group of friends, but none of them are really actors. One's a computer programmer, one owns a restaurant, one's a lawyer, and one's in school. One is an actor on The West Wing, but he is one of the most kickback people I have ever met. We're all very different, and we have different opinions on things.
CG!: What will 你 tell your 老友记 when they see 你 in the 橙子, 橙色 丁字裤 in Summer Catch?
Freddie: That's my body double wearing the 橙子, 橙色 丁字裤 and running around half naked! I have a no-nudity clause in BIG BLACK LETTERS in my contracts. No one but my girl will ever see my ass, and that's just the way it is. I apologize if that hurts anyone's feelings!
CG!: Speaking of Sarah [Michelle Gellar, his fiancée in case 你 didn't know], how cool is it that 你 guys get to do Scooby Doo together?
Freddie: I would be lying if I 说 it wasn't a million times easier being in Australia with Sarah than another actress. I wouldn't be having as much fun. The other actress would not be as good. And I'd miss Sarah too much.
CG!: 你 guys seem so tight. What the worst rumor you've ever read about your relationship?
Freddie: A lot of things are printed about me and my relationship that are simply not true. But the worst was, and I have never told anyone this before, I took Sarah to where my father [actor and comedian Freddie Prinze, who dies when Freddie was 10 months old] is buried. I was trying to 显示 her something special. But someone followed us and took pictures and sold them to a tabloid. They made up this whole ridiculous story with 语录 from me and Sarah. It was horrible and awful and terrible. That was 由 far the most invasive. But it taught me a great lesson. Now I look over my shoulder constantly to see if we're being followed.
CG!: Is it fun working together?
Freddie: It's awesome! She is such a wonderful actress- she doesn't know 锄, 锄头 good she is. She's being allowed to spread her wings and go wild. People are going to be so terribly impressed. It's different than anything she's done. She's been 给 the opportunity to, which I don't think she gets often enough, to just shine. And when she does, it's a sight to behold. 你 watch the monitors- and 你 have to understand, they're only eight 由 six inches- and she is shining on that. When it's on the big screen, its just going to blow everybody out of their seats. They're not going to know what to do. I've never been so proud of her. She's going to be the biggest movie 星, 星级 in the world.
CG!: Wow that is so sweet!
Freddie: It's not just sweet- it's 100 percent true. If it wasn't me telling you, someone else would be.
CG!: Well, we've heard you're a prankster, so 你 can always get them back!
Freddie: I like to pull jokes, but I like to save them for the guys, not girls, because some of them are pretty elaborate. Once, Jed Ryan [ Freddie's costar in Summer Catch] was picking up his girl at the airport. I put this liquid in his 可乐 that makes 你 have to…I'm trying of think of a classy way to say this…well…it fives 你 the runs. I ordered it from the back of police equipment magazine. So Jed starts getting sick like halfway to the airport, but he doesn't go to the bathroom. He gets back and is like, "Dude, can I use your bathroom?" and I'm like, "No! Use your own bathroom." I was not about to let him go in my trailer because I knew what was going to happen. So he goes in the extras' bathroom and, literally, 你 hear screaming and this god-awful noise that I wont try to recreate because I'm going to eat lunch soon. Everyone outside was on the floor laughing. He has no idea that we did this to him- but I guess he will now!
CG!: Freddie Prinze Jr., we are shocked!
Freddie: I've also lied in interviews- how bad is that? It just depends on the kind of mood 你 get me in. Sometimes I don't want to talk, so I just start making up stuff. Hey, it's hard to speak about yourself for three hours without feeling like the most egotistical person in the world. The kind of 问题 I get are like, "What does it feel like to be voted the hottest hottie?" [Editor's note: Glad we haven't asked that…yet!] How do 你 answer something like that without sounding narcissistic? If 你 read all my 文章 from all the magazines that I have been in, 你 would think that I just wanted to have sex with myself 24 hours a day! But it's not me, 你 know what I mean?
CG!: Um, have 你 been lying to us?
Freddie: No…but I wouldn't tell 你 if I was!
CG!: D'oh
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