""After filming two episodes, we concluded that we need to move in a different creative direction and are putting a new lens on the show," a Disney spokesperson said at the time."
""I think that there was just [disagreements] on how far we could take her and where she is- she would've been, as we were filming that, 30 or 31," Duff said on Therapuss. "And for me, I was that age, you know?""
""And I was like, oh man, we can't Mary Tyler Moore her," she continued, nodding to the 1970s sitcom, which was modern in its time. But, as Duff noted, "It was like, 2023 ... I wasn't trying to have her wake up and do, like, bong rips or anything. But she was a normal 30-year-old, you know? So there were some things I think they just weren't totally willing to go there.""
Hilary Duff returned to music with the single "Mature" while remaining connected to the aborted Lizzie McGuire revival. The revival was announced in 2019 and creator Terri Minsky exited early 2020. After filming two episodes, production leaders determined the project needed a different creative direction and the effort stalled. Disney formally canceled the revival by December 2020 despite Duff and Minsky's interest in shifting the show to Hulu and pursuing a more mature rating. Duff emphasized that the revived Lizzie would have been roughly 30, that she felt deeply connected to the character, and that she did not intend to portray extreme adult behavior. A series writer previously teased additional details about the proposed revival on TikTok.
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