Hilary Duff Warns Watching Lizzie McGuire Date Somebody Different Than Gordo Will Harm

Lizzie and Gordo ceaselessly? It would not look that manner.

Hilary Duff dishes on the Lizzie McGuire sequel collection—and the place the characters stand—in a brand new interview with Vulture.

It has been greater than 15 years since followers final noticed Duff play the traditional teen. Now, Lizzie is in her 30s and apprenticing for an inside designer in New York. Nevertheless, she’s reportedly “pressured out” of New York and returns to Los Angeles to determine issues out. She’s additionally engaged—however to not Adam Lamberg‘s character.

Whereas some viewers could also be heartbroken by the information, Duff would not really feel the identical manner. 

“You already know what, I do not know if I used to be as devastated by that,” she tells Vulture. 

In actual fact, she says the BFFs not ending up collectively is “what was so good.” 

“It is that one particular person that you just’re like, ‘Was he the one? Is it ever going to be?’ You are at all times form of questioning,” she explains. “We wished it to harm everybody slightly bit, and it will proceed to harm. I actually hope he’ll be concerned. We have been planning out the season and developing with what every part seems to be like, and it is so necessary for him to be there for a part of it.”  

Duff would not reveal if her character’s fellow BFF Miranda (performed by Lalaine) will make a cameo. However for now, she’s simply excited to play Lizzie as soon as once more.

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“Lastly being in my 30s, it felt like time to revisit her,” she says. “It is a difficult stage. That is what folks beloved about Lizzie a lot—that part of changing into a teen. It is such an advanced however enjoyable a part of time to navigate. She was everybody’s finest pal. She was confronted with each problem that was relatable. Now, I believe entering into the position as a 30-year-old making an attempt to navigate life is equally attention-grabbing. Or extra particularly, waking up in your 30th birthday and pondering, This is not how I deliberate this to look, what do I do now? That is an attention-grabbing story to me, and that is journey I wish to go on with everybody once more who was there for her preteen years. 

Whereas the sequel collection would not have a premiere date, the present will debut on Disney+. 

To learn Duff’s full interview, head on over to Vulture.