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Playing a 14-year-old sleuth has its challenges for 'Shelby Woo' star.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

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| March 14, 1996 | Prescott, Jean | COPYRIGHT 1996 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Twenty-one-year-old Irene Ng thinks she ``plays'' young, ``Physically, really young,'' says the star of the latest addition to Nickelodeon's original-programming lineup, ``The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo'' (premieres Sunday at 6 p.m. ET).

But Ng's already in her third year at Harvard, and playing a 14-year-old crime-solver has its challenges.

She credits co-star Pat Morita, who plays her grandfather in the series, with not only ``telling me things he thinks can help me out maybe during a scene, but he naturally became my mentor, even though he didn't try to be,'' she says.

``The thing is, he must have had it so much harder (as an Asian performer) when ...

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