I don't know about this one. Both Hollywood.com and the New York Post have the same WENN story about
Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz making plans to join the professional auto racing circuit after
Malcolm in the Middle ends its run next month.
Here's the quote from Muniz himself: "I got signed to race for Jensen Motor Sports for the next two years ... I'm now a professional race car driver. I'm racing Indy cars, like Formula One cars and racing on road courses."
Most of me thinks this is either remnants of an April Fools' Day gag, or it was just Muniz being sarcastic. It's not like the kid isn't getting acting work, having recently appeared in the movie Stay Alive. Do any of you guys know anything about Muniz's alleged racing plans?
Wait, hold everything. Just as I was about to post I discovered this article from almost one year ago about a celebrity auto race in which Muniz took part. Muniz said, "Racing is all I've ever wanted to do. It's something I would like to get into on a more serious note." Perhaps the story is legit after all.
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4-04-2006 @ 2:31PM
MS said...
I heard Muniz on a morning radio show called chunga and mister in SLC (1019theend.com). You can listen to archives of their shows from that website. He is leaving acting to go be a driver and seems very happy about it. The poor kid has been acting for years.
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4-04-2006 @ 2:45PM
elf said...
Muniz told the same thing to Craig Ferguson last week. It's no hoax.
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4-04-2006 @ 2:45PM
Mitch MacCullom said...
http://www.jensenmotorsport.com/news/news_stories/060227_news.htm
It's true.
Formula BMW.
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4-04-2006 @ 2:52PM
Don Wilson said...
Didn't he buy the VW Golf from the first Fast and the Furious?
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4-04-2006 @ 4:26PM
SamMalone said...
He's also a car collector of sorts:
http://www.autoblog.com/2005/04/06/frankie-muniz-unloads-gto-and-r32/
Hopefully he won't do a faceplant on the track like Jason Priestley did.
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4-04-2006 @ 8:59PM
Corey said...
I was at my friends shop and they have a Toyota calendar up, and a pic from the celebrity races and you could see him driving a Celica with all of their names on the front banners.
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4-05-2006 @ 1:55AM
Tweaq said...
yep, hes on carson daly talking about it. he said that hes not DEFINANTLY leaving acting, but right now hes just focusing on racing. but if it all goes well, he may just stay with it. kinda sad though, malcolm pwnd, and frankie is awesome; and we're about the same age...that rich, racing, engaged bastard.
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4-05-2006 @ 3:50AM
TheMovieGoer.com said...
"Racing is all I've ever wanted to do"
lawlz, isn't he 13 or something.
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