Lizzie McGuire star Jake Thomas thinks the cancelled reboot was damage by “dangerous timing”.
Jake Thomas thinks ‘dangerous timing’ damage the Lizzie McGuire reboot
The 35-year-old actor was set to return as Matt – the on-screen brother of Hilary Duff’s titular character – in a deliberate Disney revival of the hit sitcom, however the sequel sequence was scrapped 5 years in the past.
He instructed E! Information: “We truly filmed two episodes of the reboot, however sadly it fell aside.
“Generally that simply occurs. It was dangerous timing with all the pieces. It was proper firstly of COVID.
“It simply kinda fell aside. And I used to be actually excited to see the place Matt was gonna be at this time, and extra importantly for audiences to see that.”
Pondering what Matt and Lizzie’s sibling bond could be like at this time, he insisted it could be “a lot the identical”.
He defined: “They nonetheless cherished one another, on the finish of the day, they only did not like to indicate it.
“I believe it could be that – however perhaps they’re kinda serving to one another cope with the large grownup problems with the day.
“You will be certain Matt would defintely take the cheapshots when he can, the low-hanging fruit.”
Jake additionally hopes he and the followers will not have to attend too lengthy to see the characters on display collectively once more.
Requested about working with Hilary sooner or later, he stated: “I will by no means say by no means.
“We went, what, like 17 years between a film and a reboot? We’ll see! [laughs]
“Hopefully not one other 17 years!”
Hilary beforehand revealed how inventive variations brought on the Disney+ revival to be scrapped, however she remained hopeful.
Throughout an look on ‘Watch What Occurs Reside’, when a viewer requested her if she would agree to a different reboot of the present she stated: “After all! Disney+ was very new and I believe they had been determining their…and we had been determining our…I am optimistic!”
When she introduced the choice to cancel the reboot, Hilary famous that had been an “honour” to play Lizzie however insisted she would need any revival sequence to be an “trustworthy” illustration of her signature character.
On the time, she wrote on Instagram: “I do know the efforts and conversations have been all the pieces attempting to make a reboot work, however sadly [and] regardless of everybody’s finest efforts, it is not going to occur.
“I would like any reboot of Lizzie to be trustworthy and genuine to who Lizzie could be at this time. It is what the character deserves.
“We will all take a second to mourn the wonderful girl she would have been and the adventures we’d have taken along with her.
“I am very unhappy, however I promise everybody tried their finest and the celebs simply did not align. Hey now, that is what 2020’s product of. (sic)”
