Actors' advice: Sneak in

Several of the stars aren't even old enough to see the R-rated flick.
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LOS ANGELES -- They're acutely aware that most of their fan base can't go to see their latest R-rated movie "Mean Creek," so some of the actors suggest they simply sneak in.
The movie is about a group of friends who conspire to teach a bully a lesson, and things go drastically wrong. The bully is played by 17-year-old Josh Peck, star of Nickelodeon's "Drake & amp; Josh" and "Amanda Show," and the movie also stars Disney's "Lizzie McGuire" ingenue Carly Schroeder.
"Duh, I figured that out," says 13-year-old Carly. "You just go up and buy a ticket for a different movie and then sneak in. That's no big deal."
Director/writer Jacob Aaron Estes says the film's R-rating shouldn't keep kids away from the movie, which features the youths spouting four-letter words. "It's a realistic movie that kids should see," Estes says. "I'm just not sure how many parents will take their kids to it."
"Mean Creek" actor Ryan Kelley, 17, says, "Jacob thinks a lot of kids will sneak in; he was recommending that the kids go do that."
During filming
When filming last summer in Oregon, the young cast went together to go see the R-rated "Freddy vs. Jason" movie. Carly says, "I couldn't get in to see it, and they were like, just buy a ticket for something else, and you guys were like 'No, no, no, no, no.' So my mom bought a ticket for 'Freddy vs. Jason' and then she went to go see 'Uptown Girls' because she couldn't stand scary movies, and I couldn't either. I don't know why they made me go see that. I hid behind my popcorn bowl and shook the entire time."
But fellow actor Rory Culkin, who knows something about the industry from his movie star brothers Macaulay and Kieran, points out that sneaking in doesn't help their movie. "Then the movie doesn't get credit for it," Rory says. "Take your parents to go see it."
And Ryan points out to Carly, "You're on the record now, you're going to get a bill now from 'Freddy vs. Jason.'"
"Mean Creek" has opened in New York and Los Angeles, and plans are to release it elsewhere in mid-September.