Bell and Bynes were costars on Nickelodeon’s “The Amanda Show” as teens.
“She was the biggest thing on the planet to me.”
Rachel Green,Jennifer Aniston’s iconicFriendscharacter, became a huge cultural phenomenon.
Drake Bell talks Amanda Bynes.Credit:Young Hollywood/Erik Valenzuela/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
She had a standout role antagonizingEmma Stonein 2010’sEasy A, then retired.
Although she was placed in a conservatorship in 2013, it wasterminated in 2022.
“Watching her was like watchingCarol Burnett, was like watchingTracey Ullman.”
Amanda Bynes with Drake Bell in 2004.Kevin Mazur/WireImage
“She was so funny, she was so, she was like a rocket ship.
