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How You Know Him: Eric plays guitar-strumming cutie Carey Bell on So Weird, the Disney Channel's hit show about the paranormal. He also appeared in last summer's hit flick American Pie as the choirboy who loses out to Chris Klein's Casanova. And if you have a super long memory, you might recognize him as Stephanie's boyfriend from Full House.

Why So Weird's So Right: "I love music so much and I can play music and be on stage as Carey, with my leather pants and fans clapping for me-it's the ultimate rock star fantasy."

Scooping His Scope: "I'm definitely a Leo, 'cause I love the spotlight. Every time I read a magazine with a horoscope, it'll say something like, 'Tomorrow you're going to trip on this street,' and it happens! Maybe it's a little self-fulfilling, but they always come true."

Science Scare: "I swallowed the eye of a scorpion once on a dare in eighth grade biology. I started feeling nauseous, and I saw the bottle said 'Poison' on it, so I went to the teacher and asked him what would happen if I accidentally ate one. He looked at me funny and told me I'd probably die. I think he was kidding, but it wasn't funny to me. I ended up throwing up."

Free Agent: "I don't have a girlfriend right now. We just broke up, but we're great friends. It's just so difficult to date when I'm living in Vancouver [where So Weird is filmed]. Am I looking for one? Well, I don't think you should really look for love. I think it finds you."

His Type: "I like girls with personality. You know who I think seems really cool? Drew Barrymore and Heather Graham. They just seem to have this kind of light, open attitude."

First Kiss: "It was with my girlfriend at the time. Her name's Erin, and now she's on a Nickelodeon show." (Hmm... maybe Erin J. Dean from The Journey of Allen Strange?) "We went to junior high together, and she taught me how to kiss. After she broke up with me, no one else seemed to kiss right."

 

Bop

IF you found a genie ( a real-life one, not the " Genie in a Bottle" from popster Christina Aguilera's mega hit  tune ) in your backyard, and that genie offered you 3 wishes come true for you, what would you do ?. If you're a fast-thinking Bopper, you'd take that first wish and ask for a hundred more wishes. Then, if you wanted to make Eric Lively super happy, you'd use one of those wishes to bring back Erik von Detten back to TV's So Weird.

 Eric joined the cast of the Disney Channels' series this fall ( as Erik's big bro on the show ), long after Erik bowed out of So Weird last spring, to take the starring role in the brand-new ABC  sitcom Odd Man Out ( OMO ).  And while Eric tells Bop that he couldn't be more psyched about his predeccessor's success, the 18-year-old, Georgia-born guy admits he's kinda bummed that the two never got to spend time together as co-stars-------especially now that they've become best buds.

They met for the first time this year, but Eric and Erik feel like they've known one another for ages. " We'd never met before the show," shares Eric. " But I would go in for auditions, and [casting directors] would pull out a headshot and resumee ( res-a-may ), and I'd say "No, that's Erik von Detten." And they'd go,  " Oh my gosh, you're right !" They'd always do that. And Erik tells me that the same thing would happen to him."

Eric admits that in photos, the twin-like similarities between him and his 17-year-old pal are pretty striking. " We both have tans, blond hair, the same thing going on, " he reveals. " Our heads are even turned the same way in our pictures."

NOT JUST THE SAME NAME............ But a picture-perfrect appearance and a same-sounding first name aren't the only things Eric and Erik have in common.  When they finally came face-to-face earlier this year, the duo discovered that they also have similarly laid-back, low-key personalities. They both sig playing guitar and they have soft spots in their hearts for pets, particularly dogs and cats. And of course, they share a passion for performing. But the strangest similarity that Eric and Erik found between them is that they both have two older sisters, one older brother, and one younger sis. 

With so much common ground, it's know wonder this pair bonded and became fast friends. Now, Eric tells us, " Erik is a good, good friend of mine." But since Erik's series is based in Los Angeles, California and Eric's is in faraway Vancouver, BC, Canada, the guys aren't getting much time to hang this fall. That's why Eric at times wishes that Erik would come back to So Weird.

But don't Worry that these friends will drift apart. Constant phone convos keep Eric and Erik connected despite the distance. " We talk all the time," Eric reports to BOP.

Guess it doesn't take a genie to keep true friendship going strong!.


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