Lizzie McGuire it is the first “cool” show I remember watching as a child. I don’t have an older sister to teach me about fashion or relationships or bras (you know exactly what episode I’m talking about). That is why Lizzie, and, by extension, Hilary Duff, became an icon for me and for many girls. I looked at Lizzie as an example of what it means to be a good friend, daughter, sister, and overall person.
Fast forward almost 20 years later, and I had the opportunity to chat with Duff as part of its association with drink of the brand’s Creative Roots. No, I did not tell him about my “What Dreams Are Made Of” time of my bachelorette party or the Isabella dress I almost orders for Halloween at school. Instead, I asked the question that all the early ’00s the mind of a child of the moment: what is going on with the Disney+ reboot?
“I feel that it is our responsibility to honor the amount of fans who grew up with her and where they are now.”
Duff is more connected to Lizzie that no one, and for that reason, she continues to fight for his character after Disney decided to stop production. “I feel that it is our responsibility to honor the amount of fans who grew up with it and where they are now,” he said to POPSUGAR, echoing earlier comments she made to give Lizzie a story that’s true to a 30 years of real life. Despite the fact that she asked Disney for the release of the series to another network like Hulu in February, it seems that there may still be hope for society.
“Disney has certain things that have to be met for your brand, and I completely understand that, and perfectly understood my needs,” she explained. “So we are in a very good place to be like, ‘Hey, we have pressed pause, and we are regrouping.’ There has been a lot of as for creative meetings, obviously virtually. I think that we are on the right path, and I want it to happen, more than anyone, and that, obviously, feel the same way.”
Duff said that Disney is “still” very excited” about the restart, and “dedicated to making it work,” but everything is on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. For now, she is enjoying time at home with their children, Luca, 8, and Banks, 1. I have not really shown interest in his vision of Disney since I saw the The Lizzie McGuire Movie with them last year, but well, there’s always next year?
When Duff is not chasing their children, or learning to play the guitar or tie-dying — it is to reconnect with old castmates. She keeps in touch with Jake Thomas, who played his brother Matt, and Holly Hobble, who played her mom, but the highlight was seeing all over the world for its “very funny” Zoom reading table in May.
“All of us were just laughing, couldn’t stop laughing,” he recalled. “And, obviously, there is the game of a Zoom call as well, we are all treading on each other’s toes.”
“I think all of us feel very grateful to be a part of something that was so shocking to the others,” she continued. “And there’s a love that will never go away. So hopefully, we’ll get to the full experience of what the new version looks like.”
