Over the last year and a half, “Lizzie McGuire” fans have been reeling over Disney’s cancellation of the revival. In a recent interview with Women’s Health, the “Raise Your Voice” star gave insight into why the studio might have canceled the highly anticipated project. “She had to be 30 years old doing 30-year-old things,” Hilary Duff explained. “She didn’t need to be doing bong rips and having one-night stands all the time, but it had to be authentic. I think they got spooked.”
Duff’s Women’s Health interview isn’t the first time she’s opened up about Disney’s pushback of a more mature Lizzie. Back in February 2020, the series’ showrunner Terri Minsky was reportedly fired after filming two episodes. “Fans have a sentimental attachment to ‘Lizzie McGuire’ and high expectations for a new series,” a Disney spokesperson explained to Variety. “After filming two episodes, we concluded that we need to move in a different creative direction and putting a new lens on the show.”
Shortly after the surprising news, Duff took to Instagram and asked Disney officials to place the revival on Hulu rather than Disney+. “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,” the “Sparks Fly” singer wrote at the time. Because Lizzie’s character in the original show was so “authentic,” Duff insisted that “her next chapters are equally as real and relatable.”
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