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She still has fond memories of her time on set. \"I just remember always sneaking up on Scott Caan and Paul Walker, seeing like what girls they were dating,\" she said.

\"We’d all go to this lake and swing on the ropes at night and go swimming,\" she continued. \"We were all just a bunch of kids making this movie down in Austin, Texas, and so all the revelry that comes with that was there.\"

\"It was just really special,\" she added.

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Larter believes that the film afforded her special opportunities.

\"The way that the business is structured is that, you know, when you have a hit movie, people want to put you in more. So it kind of launched me into that,\" she said.

\"I’ve had so many different kind of moments like that in my career, from doing that and then having \"Legally Blonde\" and then I moved back to New York and took a couple of years off,\" she added. \"Then came back with 'Heroes.'\"

She currently stars on ABC's \"Splitting Up Together\" as Paige, a single mother that shakes things up with her unique parenting style.

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Hey guys! I’m joining the cast of @splittinguptogether tonight!! My character Paige comes in to show a very different side of single parenting and stir up some fun. Don’t miss it! True fact- I ate entire pans of frittatas while filming, and I have not touched a frittata since. ?????? #splittinguptogether @abcnetwork #frittata

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Larter is also developing and starring in a show based on a novel with Red Hour Productions. Details surrounding the project haven't been released yet.

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