Michelle Trachtenberg Takes Us Back To Being '17 Again'

WPIX Morning News - 9th Apr 2009

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Michelle Trachtenberg: Actress Michelle Trachtenberg stopped by to talk about her role in 17 Again and in an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl. In the former, Matthew Perry plays Mike O'Donnell, a man who is pushing forty and whose glory days are way behind him: his marriage has fallen apart; he has been passed over for a promotion at work, and his kids think he's a loser. O'Donnell is miraculously given a second chance to relive his hey days when he is transformed back to his 17-year old self, played by Zac Efron.... Read full story at WPIX Morning News

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