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Kids Tribute reporter Ethan Krebs talks to Frankie Muniz about Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London.

E.K. Now that you were comfortable playing the character was it easier for you?
F.M. It was definitely easier because during the first movie and doing all of the stunts, I was kind of like Cody Banks where everything was so new and exciting. When I was filming this one I was just as excited, but I was a pro at it. When we had a fight sequence I would come up with a lot of the stuff, which was cool. I had a great time filming both of them.

E.K. How could you relate to Cody Banks?
F.M. Well there's not much because I am not in the CIA, I'm not as cool and I can't kick butt, but we look the same! (laughs).

E.K. How did you prepare between the first and second movie?
F.M. For about 2 months before each movie I did about four hours of training every day; I would do lifting and two hours of martial arts training a day. Just doing that got me psyched up and ready to go and it made me feel all big and strong when we were filming, it was great.

E.K. Do you think you are like James Bond because you get a new girl in every movie?
F.M. Yeah, that's what we are kind of going for — a mini James Bond. Everybody wants to be like him, get the girl and the gadgets and the cars.

E.K. What was your favorite gadget?
F.M. In this movie I really liked the retainer. I thought that it was so cool to listen through walls and hear super-sensitive stuff with it. That would be so awesome if it were real.

E.K. You just recently had the Malcolm in the Middle 100th episode. How did that feel?
F.M. It's crazy, I feel like we just started that show. It's been five years but it's flown by. I can't believe we have done 100 because that's really rare for a show. We are still going really strong, let's hope we make it to 200 episodes.

E.K. You shot Cody Banks 2 in London, what was your favorite part?
F.M. It was really different. I expected coming from North America that it was going to be exactly the same. Everyone still speaks English but it was different in terms of their culture.

E.K. You recently had a prank pulled on you on Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher. Were you really mad?
F.M. Of course, but you know it was funny because they cut it to be about five minutes long but there was actually about an hour of me standing there waiting for my car to come back. I wasn't mad until after I talked to the guy on the phone, but it all turned out OK.

E.K. How did you like working with Hannah Spearritt and Anthony Anderson?
F.M. Hannah was great, it was her first movie and I think she did a great job. Anthony is absolutely crazy and he is really funny. It was great working with him because he made everyone laugh on the set.

E.K. Would you consider doing Cody Banks 3?
F.M. I would love to. Right now isn't really the time for my career, I am busy this summer because I have to show that I'm a real actor rather than just having fun all the time! But maybe in the future if there is another one, I'd be on board for sure.

E.K. I hear you on all of these TV shows doing voiceovers, are you doing the movie for Fairly Odd Parents?
F.M. I was on the first two seasons of that show and I'm not doing it anymore because my voice has changed. I sound too old now because I was playing Chester who was a seven year old and it's hard to make my voice really high. That show is awesome, and yeah they are making the movie but I'm not in it.