Hilary Duff opens up about her upcoming sequence ‘How I Met Your Father’

By PTI
WASHINGTON: Actor Hilary Duff, broadly recognized for enjoying the lead position within the TV sequence ‘Lizzie McGuire’, opened up about ‘How I Met Your Father’, which is an upcoming spin-off sequel sequence of the insanely widespread present ‘How I Met Your Mother’.

Speaking for the primary time since ‘How I Met Your Father’ was introduced, Duff instructed Variety about her pleasure to star within the sequence, which can stream on Hulu.

“After spending so much time on a show with people you love, it’s always hard to permanently say goodbye,” Duff stated about ‘Younger’ wrapping up its seventh-and-final season.

“I’m not ready for it to end,” she stated, however famous she is prepared for “a job that shoots in L.A!”

Duff was excited about starring within the ‘HIMYM’ sequel, partly due to the feminine spin the sequence will take. However, it stays unclear whether or not the brand new present will tie into the unique sitcom.

‘HIMYF’ is ready within the close to future the place Sophie (Duff) is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a narrative that catapults again to the yr 2021 the place Sophie and her close-knit group of mates are within the midst of determining who they’re, what they need out of life and the way to fall in love, within the age of relationship apps and limitless choices.

“I’m a fan of Isaac and Elizabeth and was absolutely on board after reading the script for ‘HIMYF,'” Duff stated of Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, the ‘This Is Us’ showrunners who will function writers and govt producers on ‘How I Met Your Father’.

“I knew I had to be the one to bring Sophie to life and share the female POV to this legendary show,” Duff added, with a nod to the catchphrase from the unique sequence.

Duff shared that she was a fan of the unique present. “I’m such a fan of the original cast. They were absolutely seamless and brought me many laughs,” Duff stated.

With ‘HIMYF’ given the greenlight, an insider stated that it is unlikely Duff would have the ability to transfer ahead with the ‘Younger’ spinoff, which has been in improvement and would focus round her character from the Paramount Plus sequence, ‘Kelsey Peters’.

While the potential spinoff was within the very early levels, the venture was described to Variety as a feminine “Entourage” that will be set in L.A., and occupy a totally completely different world than that of ‘Younger’.

Meanwhile, the ultimate season of ‘Younger’ is presently airing with new episodes dropping every Thursday on Paramount Plus. Duff stated that the season is her favorite but.

“I think the writers wrapped everything up nicely,” she stated, including that she is happy with how her character’s journey ends.

“I love that Kelsey chooses herself, ditches the guys who aren’t good for her and continues on a journey that forces her to take risks,” Duff stated, teasing, “The ending especially really got me.”

Duff, who gave delivery to a child woman lower than one month in the past, was pregnant whereas filming the seventh season of ‘Younger’, throughout a worldwide pandemic, nonetheless.

“I was a little worried with the challenges of COVID and my pregnancy, but everything came together,” Duff stated.

“I’m all for mask-wearing, but huffing-and-puffing on set in a mask at eight months pregnant was a challenge,” she quipped.

She added, “Fitting into clothes that aren’t made for a pregnant body was not always the most comfortable or fun. And just being freaked out to being exposed to COVID — there are always risks, even though our set was super cautious. I had to quarantine a bunch of times and that was really hard.”

New episodes of ‘Younger’ stream Thursdays on Paramount Plus, and can later be obtainable on TV Land. A premiere date for ‘How I Met Your Father’ has not been introduced, presently.

Duff will produce along with starring in ‘HIMYF’, with Adam Londy serving as co-executive producer. twentieth Television will produce the brand new sequence because it did with the unique. Aptaker and Berger are presently below an total deal on the studio.

‘How I Met Your Mother’ ran on CBS from 2005 to 2014. The popular culture phenomenon starred Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby), Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky), Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson), Jason Segel (Marshall Erikson) and Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin).

Bob Saget offered the voice of the narrator, an older model of Radnor’s character Ted Mosby.

The sequence adopted Radnor’s character Ted Mosby, who tells his kids the story of how he met their mom. In its nine-season run, ‘HIMYM’ earned a number of Emmy wins and Golden Globe recognition.

Months earlier than the sitcom’s sequence finale aired in 2014, a ‘How I Met Your Dad’ spinoff sequence was introduced. Greta Gerwig was signed on to star however CBS finally handed on the venture.

Two years later, Deadline reported that the sequence was being renamed to ‘How I Met Your Father’ and getting model new characters. Aptaker and Berger had been moreover tapped to jot down the present, however the venture was later placed on maintain in 2017.