Well, now there’s absolutely no question about where Hilary Duff stands in regards to the stalled Lizzie McGuire reboot!
On Friday, the 32-year-old star of the series officially broke her silence on all of the behind-the-scenes production drama happening, just days after sharing a cryptic hint something was off with the highly-anticipated show. Now, Duff has made it crystal clear to fans she still wants to bring her fictional character back to life — but only if the reboot gets moved from Disney+ to Hulu!
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Taking to her Instagram, the actress penned a message explaining her responsibility to tell Lizzie’s new story in the most authentic way possible:
“Was incredibly excited to launch Lizzie on D+ and my passion remains! However, I feel a huge responsibility to honor the fans’ relationship with LIZZIE who, like me, grew up seeing themselves in her. I’d be doing a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a 30 year old’s journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating.”
We couldn’t agree more! It’s 2020 and we just can’t fathom watching an older and wiser version of McGuire still harping on the petulant drama of her teenage years. A “TV-MA” rating or something to that effect isn’t too much to ask for, is it? Give the audience who grew up watching her what they deserve!
She continued speaking from the heart about the beloved character:
“It’s important to me that just as her experiences as a preteen / teenager navigating life were authentic, her next chapters are equally as real and relatable. It would be a dream if Disney would let us move the show to Hulu, if they were interested, and I could bring this beloved character to life again <3.”
Duff’s comments come after original showrunner Terry Minsky — who was let go from the reboot over “creative differences” — also expressed that she would like to see the series to move over to Hulu. In a statement given to Variety, she explained:
“I am so proud of the two episodes we did. Hilary has a grasp of Lizzie McGuire at 30 that needs to be seen. It’s a wonderful thing to watch. I would love the show to exist, but ideally I would love it if it could be given that treatment of going to Hulu and doing the show that we were doing. That’s the part where I am completely in the dark. It’s important to me that this show was important to people. I felt like I wanted to do a show that was worthy of that kind of devotion.”
At the time, Hilary had not yet publicly addressed the issue but sources who spoke to the outlet said she was 100% on the same page as Minsky. Her latest IG post certainly proves that!
As we reported, Disney pumped the breaks on filming back in January after letting go of Minsky and the firing came just weeks after we learned the show would feature an openly gay character.
Coincidentally, it was recently revealed an LGBT-centric show called Love, Victor had been green lit by Disney+ but later moved over to Hulu because it wasn’t “family-friendly” enough for the company’s audience. Hilary reposted the news with an eyebrow-raising comment, leading us to believe her show’s new storyline suffered the same criticism behind closed doors.
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