Taran Killam is singing Amanda Bynes‘ praises.
During a recent episode of the Fly on the Wall podcast hosted by Dana Carvey and David Spade, the topic of Amanda Bynes’ OnlyFans account came up. The conversation then smoothly transitioned into Taran Killam’s collaboration with Bynes on The Amanda Show back in the early 2000s, as reported by Entertainment Weekly.
Killam shared, “It was my first job. I was cast on her show in the last week of high school. We worked together for about three weeks.”
Reminiscing about those days, Killam, known for his role in Netflix’s The Residence, mentioned that after high school, he drifted away from the industry as he headed to college, lost his agent, and prioritized his focus on education.
“They called me back to do more, they helped me get an agent,” he continued. “Being on The Amanda Show kind of, like, started my grown-up acting career.”
Killam also mentioned working on the 2002 comedy Big Fat Liar with his friend Bynes, which also starred Frankie Muniz and Paul Giamatti.
“She was the best,” he added. “It was a very important relationship to me in my life.”
Highlighting Bynes’ notable work at such a young age, leading to movies like 2006’s She’s the Man, Spade said he “always thought she was so great,” while Killam lauded Bynes as “one of the most talented people [he’s] ever met.”
Spade shared, “I think she’s one of those people that everyone pulls for, like Britney [Spears]. It’s a very tough world out here in showbiz, whatever level. And they were at a high level.”
Killam agreed, “At that age, too. Like, to be a full Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett dynamic… She’s truly one of the best.”
Bynes, who shared on April 15 that she created her OnlyFans account with a $50 monthly subscription cost “to chat with [her] fans through dm’s” and “won’t be posting any sleazy content,” per E! News, worked with many stars at the start of their careers, including Channing Tatum in She’s the Man.
“I totally fought for Channing [to get cast in] that movie because he wasn’t famous yet,” she told Paper in 2018. “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!’”
As noted by EW, Bynes was under a nearly nine-year-long conservatorship that ended in 2022. In 2023, Bynes launched a podcast, though quickly ended the project not long after.
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