Lizzie sent Disney into a tizzy.
That looks to be the message from Hilary Duff concerning the cancellation of the revival of her iconic, early 2000s television display “Lizzie McGuire.”
“I assume they are truly seeking to figure out what type of content they want residing on Disney+, and that doesn’t totally align with, like, wherever I see Lizzie proper now,” she mentioned for the duration of an visual appeal on “The Jess Cagle Show” Thursday, through which she dished about the retracted Disney Channel revival, which was introduced in 2019 to major buzz but was abandoned previous December.
“I’m really protective of her and they are very protecting of her,” she included.
Duff, 33, previously described that she and authentic creator Terri Minsky — who departed the business in early 2020 — wanted to choose the show in a more grownup route than Disney was comfy with.
She reiterated that level Thursday, expressing, “The just one detail for me was just the way that she could join with what was likely on in folks that have been observing the demonstrate. And so, for me, it only will make feeling to me to shoot a exhibit wherever she’s acting like a 30-yr-aged in a present day planet.”
Members of the unique forged were brought again and shot two episodes in November of 2019 right before the revival was ditched.
In February of 2020, Duff posted on Instagram inquiring Disney+ to move the revival of her display to Hulu, the place the story wouldn’t have to are living underneath a PG score, but they did not accept the request.
“There [were] a ton of innovative conversations the place probably they had been imagining that is not pretty appropriate, and we ended up striving to make it function,” she explained to Cagle. “And, you know, there’s usually, like, heaps of discussions, but I never assume it’s heading to be occurring.”
Nevertheless short-lived the plan was, Duff — who last thirty day period was cast in “How I Fulfilled Your Father,” a sequel to the extended-jogging sitcom “How I Fulfilled Your Mother” — was appreciative of her time reconnecting with her beloved character and former castmates.
“It was beautiful to relive that even for 3 weeks of my daily life, for the reason that, you know, there was a level in my existence where by I could not stand Lizzie McGuire,” she explained.
“And I was like, ‘I really do not want to listen to that title ever once again.’ And now that I’m my age, I’m, like, I adore her.”
Hilary also was really grateful for the enhance the character manufactured for her job.
“She’s, you know, this is exactly where it all commenced for me. And she is me and I am her. And I brought what I could to that, which was incredibly much just who I am inside,” she said. “And so to tap into that once more, even for a second, was seriously a fantastic experience.”