Podcaster Jake Shane is just like Us — and wanted to get all the Lizzie McGuire tea from Hilary Duff.
Duff, 38, appeared on the “Therapuss” podcast on Wednesday, November 5, to promote her new song, “Mature.” While she and Shane, 26, talked music, they also took a walk down memory lane.
“It was fun. I loved it,” Duff recalled when discussing her time starring on the iconic Disney Channel show from 2001 to 2004. “I had the best time.”
She noted that Lizzie McGuire “broke all of their records” on Disney Channel, which led to a different formula for the series that came after.
Keep scrolling for Duff’s quotes about her Lizzie McGuire days:
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Duff admitted that it was “complicated” for her to understand at the time but there was a “formula” for Disney Channel shows.
“They just ordered a certain amount of episodes, and that was what they did for their shows. They spent this amount of money, they had this amount of order, and they stuck to that formula for all of those shows,” the actress said. “I never understood that. I think one year we shot 30 episodes in one year, and maybe the next one was 35 episodes in one year.”
What Happened to Lizzie and Gordo?
Duff does not think that Lizzie and Gordo “had a thing” post-show.
“I think they had maybe an almost thing post,” she explained. “In my mind, I like to think she had a thing with Ethan Craft [Clayton Snyder], finally.”
Gordo is “always there to pick up her pieces still,” Duff added.
Stepping Away from Lizzie
Duff recalled being “so ready” to put Lizzie behind her after the show ended.
“I don’t mean to talk about her as [like] I needed a break from that. But I really needed a break from her,” she explained. “I feel like I was her. I’m not going to pretend that I was some amazing actress. She was me; I was her. It was the same. We were both in the same exact element of our lives and time of our lives, but she just became so famous.”
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In 2020, the possibility of a Lizzie McGuire revival was canceled after Duff shot two episodes.
“There was just disagreements on how far we could take her and where she is. She would have been, when we were filming that, 30 or 31,” she explained. “For me, I was that age and so I just also felt so deeply connected to her as a character because we were the same.”
She added, “I wasn’t trying to have her wake up and do bong rips or anything, but she was a normal 30-year-old. There was some things I think they just weren’t totally willing to go there.”
The ‘What Dreams Are Made Of’ Success
Duff admitted that she has no recollection of her time recording the iconic 2003 Lizzie McGuire Movie song.
“I will say, now I love it. And when I was filming the movie, I loved it,” she recalled. “It was a weird time, and it wasn’t technically my song. It was a Lizzie McGuire song.”
Duff noted that she feels “a lot of joy” when singing the song now.
“I just think that there was such a separation back then of me and my music and Lizzie McGuire,” she continued. “I didn’t really get to perform that song live because I didn’t own it.”
Duff teased that “hypothetically” if she were going on tour now, she’d be able to perform it.
