Freddie Prinze, Jr.

PEOPLE
50 Most Beautiful People
April 2000

Oh, the pain, the pain! "It only takes 30 seconds to pluck my eyebrows, but it hurts," says Freddie Prinze Jr. "I have to tweeze 'em in the middle once a week. Otherwise, I look like Bert from Sesame Street. I've been doing it for 11 years!" And you thought it was easy being a teen idol. Still, the 24-year-old Prinze doesn't have to do much other grooming to draw young females to the box office. His routine? "I shower, throw some goop in my hair, get dressed, head out." But it's his manner, not his matter, that impresses. "He's the kindest person, and...

PEOPLE
The Real Prinze
June 2000
By Andy Coulpepper
Additional Reporting by Sef McDonald

Freddie Prinze Jr. settles back in his chair at a Los Angeles hotel where he's talking to a reporter about his new film, Boys and Girls.

This turns out to be the last interview for Prinze in what has been a very long day. But as the clock nears 5 p.m., Prinze shows no sign of wearing down. The 24-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., native is all personality, a display that would put the Energizer Bunny to shame.

It's vintage Prinze, almost a carbon copy of the guy he plays in this romp about figuring out romance the...