<P> She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy sports film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey and Emily Perkins . It is inspired by William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night . </P> <P> The film centers on teenager Viola Hastings who enters her brother's school in his place, pretending to be a boy, in order to play with the boys' soccer team after her team gets cut at her school . </P> <P> Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) is a teen girl who plays for Cornwall College's soccer team until the team gets cut . Meanwhile, her twin brother, Sebastian (James Kirk), is supposed to enroll in Illyria, an elite boarding school, but he secretly goes to London with his fledgling band instead . Viola agrees to cover for him and decides to pass herself off as Sebastian, in hopes of joining their boys' team and beating Cornwall to prove their coach and her cocky ex-boyfriend, Justin (Robert Hoffman), wrong . With the help of her stylist friend, Paul (Jonathan Sadowski), she is transformed into "Sebastian" and attends Illyria in his place . </P> <P> While moving in, she meets her roommate, Duke Orsino (Channing Tatum), an attractive soccer player and Illyria's team captain . During tryouts, Viola fails to impress Coach Dinklage (Vinnie Jones) and is assigned to second string, much to her dismay . Her teammates, including Duke, initially dislike "Sebastian" due to his awkward and strange behavior . However, with help from Paul once again, they begin to accept him into their social circle . "Sebastian" then gets the popular and pretty Olivia (Laura Ramsey) as his lab partner, which frustrates Duke, as he has feelings for her . "Sebastian" agrees to put in a good word for Duke if he promises to train him to be a better soccer player . Coach Dinklage eventually notices "Sebastian's" effort and improvement, thus promoting him to first string . </P>

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