She's the Man is a 2006 film, starring Amanda Bynes and directed by Andy Fickman, inspired by William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will, though it also shared substantial similarities to Just One of the Guys. The film also stars Channing Tatum and co-stars David Cross.
As of July 1, 2006, She's the Man has grossed a total of just under $33.7 million in North America.
In Netherlands the film entered the box office Top 10 at number eight, grossing ˆ96,460 in its first week. As of July 14, 2006, the film had grossed ˆ121,250.
References to Twelfth Night
The main or secondary characters in the movie share the exact names of the original play's characters, such as Olivia, Duke (Orsino), Sebastian, and Viola.
In the trailer, when Amanda Bynes walks through the school's campus outside, a billboard can be seen on the left hand side advertising the school's production of "What You Will". That is the alternate title for Twelfth Night.
The pizza parlor where the kids hang out is called Cesario's, in reference to the name Cesario, which is the name Viola used when she posed as a boy in the play Twelfth Night.
The line "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them," which was spoken by the character of Duke Orsino in the film, is a direct quotation from the letter read by Malvolio in Twelfth Night.
Various character names in the film are taken from Twelfth Night, although the roles in the film bear very little or no similarity to their namesakes in the play. These character names are: Malvolio (the name of Malcolm's tarantula in the film), Feste (Malcolm's last name in the film), Valentine (Monique's last name in the film), Andrew and Toby (Duke's soccer buddies in the film), Maria (Olivia's friend in the film & Olivia's maid in the play) and Antonio (Paul's last name. Paul is gay, and it is speculated that Antonio has a sexual interest in Sebastian in the play).Wikipedia
