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TMZ caught with Amy in Los Angeles recently. To view a clip of her, check out the video by clicking on the link below. :)

“Joey Fatone was spotted in New York, trying to pick up one of America’s Next Top Models, while Amy Smart was walking in L.A.’s thirty mile zone.

All this and more in today’s nip-slip free edition of Star Catcher. Remember, this s**t is free.”

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Shock Till You Drop is reporting that Amy has signed on for another film!

“Blair Witch Project co-creator Eduardo Sanchez tells the German horror fan site Blair-Witch both Amy Smart (Crank) and Tim Chiou (Wizard of Gore) are starring in his latest endeavor Seventh Moon.

According to the Blair-Witch site, the director also confirmed Spectral Motion (Fantastic Four, Hellboy) is handling the effects.”

Known mostly for playing “girl next door” roles in films like ROAD TRIP and JUST FRIENDS, Amy Smart is expanding her horizons with her latest film, CRANK. She plays Eve, a girl willing to do almost anything to help out a hitman boyfriend (played by Jason Statham) who needs to keep his adrenaline up in order to avoid succumbing to a particularly lethal Chinese poison. She even resorts to having sex with him in the middle of L.A. ’s Chinatown . Now that’s what I call love.

Amy Smart stopped by the Sofitel in Beverly Hills recently to talk about CRANK. Check it out.

You play a bit of a bimbo in this film.

To me, Eve wasn’t a bimbo. She definitely functioned in her own world and was naïve to the fact that he was a hitman. She’s intelligent in other ways. In a way, she’s completely dangerous to him because she’s naïve to the fact that he could die at any moment. And she’s thinking that he could be on drugs or something or just in a weird mood.

I think Eve is incredibly necessary to this film. She brings a humanity to Jason’s character, where you might not feel for him had he not shown his heart for this woman. And so I think she’s important in that way. In a weird way she’s also the audience’s point of view. She’s kind of witnessing what’s going on from a more normal standpoint. And also comedic – I think it’s fun to have a film like this to have comedy to break it up and intensify it.

I just enjoyed playing this character and I just wanted to bring out a kind of quirky, individual personality as much as I could within the structure of this piece. Because it definitely is like a video game, with this high-impact, rollercoaster ride of a film that’s also funny and full of energy. I just saw her character as really funny and fun and great and smart in her own way and she just goes along for the ride.

Can you talk about how you and Jason Statham gelled together?

Jason is an amazing actor and a great guy to work with. He really made me feel comfortable with all the stunts. He’s obviously a veteran in this kind of movie, where you have a lot of action and you have to be very athletic. For me it was one of the first times I’ve done this type of movie. And that’s also why I did it on top of…I’d did like the character Eve. I love his English sensibility – very down to earth, really real and funny. Very charismatic. I really liked working with him.

How did you establish your comedic rapport with Jason?

I didn’t realize what a funny guy he was until we started working together. And then off-screen he’s so funny. I think what makes her funny is – and this is all because I’m talking about it all in the third person – I think Eve is very unaware of danger. Yet she lives on the edge, loving how spontaneous her boyfriend is. But I really think that even though it’s exciting and an adrenaline rush, she really doesn’t feel the danger aspect of it.

In what ways is Jason funny?

First of all, he has the best vocabulary words. Maybe it’s being raised in London or the way he was brought up, but the way he can describe something is just so funny. I can’t quote him at this point, but he just has a way of using his words to just…you would never think to use those words. And he uses them and it’s just so funny. To me he feels like real kinda underdog guy. He wasn’t raised in acting where he went to all these professional schools and did theater and lalalala. He really has a lot of life experience and that’s what he brings to his roles. And I appreciate that because in acting we want to relate to people who experience life. That’s what he brings, this real raw kind of feeling. And he’s just a lovely, wonderful person.

What was the audition like?

In the audition I had two scenes: the scene where I’m getting frustrated with the microwave and he comes in and we need to leave; and the other scene was the scene in Chinatown (where she and Jason’s character have sex in public). I had to do that for the audition. Which definitely was the kinda scene where you have to just throw yourself into it. You have to just get completely out of your head or you know you’re just gonna make a complete fool of yourself. So I went for it. It was nine in the morning callbacks. I went in for it, the first person. They brought in a great actor to work with me to do the scene with. And that’s what I think won me the role – the whole Chinatown scene. Just being able to go for it and knowing that it’s going to be around hundreds of people. (laughs)

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The last time I saw Amy Smart, she was paired up with Ashton Kutcher in roundtable interviews for the thriller THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. Journalists were so interested in peppering Ashton with questions about Demi that poor Amy pretty much faded into the background. This week she faces decidedly greener pastures starring alongside Ryan Reynolds in the comedy JUST FRIENDS. I got a chance to talk to her last week about her experience making the film. She was really sweet and seemed genuinely interested in me. I know I’m just a loser journalist, but maybe I have a chance…

So have you put a lot of guys in the “friend zone”?

I’ve had it both ways. I’ve been in the friend zone, which is not as fun. (laughs) And it’s terrible – the more you want someone, the less likely it is to happen. And I’ve had to tell friends that I just wanted to be friends. I think it’s important to be as honest as you can from the get-go, but it’s never an easy conversation.

Is there any way to get OUT of the friend zone?

I can just tell you what I think is really attractive about guys. I think confidence is – genuine confidence in who you are. I think a good sense of humor is really important. To me, a pet peeve is: if you think you’re better than anyone – yuck. Some people can be really arrogant and I don’t like that.

What was it like working with Ryan Reynolds?

I think he’s really, really smart. He’s a good business guy. He’s really creative with his character. I think he has a great sense of humor and I find him to be a really genuine person.

He’s really on top of his career. He’s smart; he’s making good moves. He’s really in touch with what’s going on in the business. I think he’ll always be working. His success is just building now.

What was your reaction when you first saw him in the fat suit?

Honestly, it was so much fun! Our first day shooting was the bedroom scene, where we come running in and then Chris Klein enters with his pocked face and stringy hair. It was the best first day of work I’ve ever had. And Ryan Reynolds in the fat suit is the funniest thing ever. It’s like his whole persona changed. It’s just like he’s this mushy teddy bear, trying to find funny things to do with his three chins and his body and the way he carries himself. He was sweating in that thing, by the way. He had to wear these cold packs underneath his suit.

And working with Chris Klein?

He’s really funny, too. And I’m so happy for him because he’s never really had this kind of character before. He’s so funny, in a really dark way, which is great.

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