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She may play a cheerleader in the movies, but Eliza Dushku had no idea who Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady was when she ran into the NFL's Patriots QB/QT the other night at Whiskey Park.

"I guess I've been away from Boston too long," said Eliza, who was back home last week promoting her rah-rah role in the upcoming flick, "The New Guy." "All my friends were so excited to see him and I was like, 'Who's Tom Brady?'"

Dushku, who admits she was more of a tough, loner chick at Watertown High than a peppy pompom princess, said she observed more than her share of cheerleaders over the years, so she has no trouble scoring the roles.

"I think when you're not cool in high school, you spend a lot of time observing the cool kids," said the actress, 21, who does the siss-boom-bah thing in "The New Guy," which hits theaters Friday.