‘HIMYF’ and ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Collide in Epic Flashback: How It All Happened

Hilary Duffthe two worlds collided in the March 7 episode how i met your fatherwhich had a reminder of its days in lizzie mcguire. Throughout the episode, Hilary’s Sophie reminisces about her worst Valentine’s Day experience, which turns out to be from the beloved Disney Channel show, while footage shows Hilary’s Lizzie flirting with her boyfriend Ronnie on the phone. , to the lizzie mcguire episode “The First Kiss”.

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Unfortunately, the lizzie mcguire the flashback was short-lived, as Sophie’s friends prevented her from continuing the story. The Brief Taste of Hilary’s Days in lizzie mcguire It came as a very welcome surprise for fans, as Disney+ canceled the planned reboot.

So you are wondering how lizzie mcguire cameo cameo scene from be? HIMYF executive producers Elizabeth Berger AND isaac aptaker contacted weekly entertainment the author of the episode, Amy Jo Perrycame up with the idea and they immediately contacted Hilary about it.

“We all love it, but the first thing we had to do was immediately text Hilary and say, ‘How do you feel about this?’ Elizabeth said. “And she is the best; If you think she’s funny, you’re cool with it. It took him 10 seconds to say, ‘Yeah, of course we have to do this,'” she added.

Isaac revealed the to the creed that they didn’t need to get permission to use the lizzie mcguire movies “why Genoa it was a Disney Channel show and we work for Walt Disney Television, so it’s the same big corporate umbrella. It makes everything really, really perfect.”

From lizzie mcguire reboot that never happened, Elizabeth said the special scene in the how I Met Your Mother derived series gave fans “a little taste of what they didn’t get with the reboot.” She added, “We just try to give everyone all the experiences they can dream of. It was a lot of fun to do.”

lizzie mcguire aired on Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004 and also spawned the 2003 theatrical film The Lizzie McGuire movie. A reboot series was in the works on Disney+ in 2020, starring Hilary and the original cast. Two episodes were filmed before the project was abandoned when Hilary and Disney couldn’t agree on the direction they wanted to take her character.

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