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How Hilary Duff (Eventually) Met Her Big Career Swing - Hollywood Reporter
Jan 18, 2022 1 min, 36 secs

“I got home, and they’re like, ‘We’ve been wanting to ask about this project.

“And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, I can’t do that.

And I don’t think I can hold up to that.’ And they’re like, ‘No, it’s not like a reboot in that sense.’” As for what happened with the Younger spinoff, she says, “I was very interested in that because I love Kelsey, and she connected with so many people.

How I Met Your Father stars Duff as Sophie, a woman who shares all of her dating-app exploits with her close pals (the ensemble cast includes Christopher Lowell and Francia Raisa) along the path to finding the person of her dreams.

(Duff fondly recalls having once met Saget 10 years ago and calls his recent passing “just so awful.”) As Duff points out, not committing to showing the son means he could have any racial heritage, unlike the first show’s apparent assumption from the start that the mother would be white.

Cattrall’s casting was announced in November, roughly two months before the launch of HBO Max’s And Just Like That, which reintroduced viewers to the core Sex and the City cast — except, of course, for Cattrall’s Samantha, as the actress had distanced herself from the show in recent years.

“I got divorced from Luca’s dad when he was like 2,” Duff recalls

This continuing connection was underscored by the thrilled response from contestants on this season of ABC’s The Bachelor when Duff made a recent guest appearance

She adds about her show, “This just came at the right time, and it was one of those things where you’re like, ‘Oh, yes, of course

This is right, and this is supposed to be.’” It sounds like both Duff and Sophie appreciate the clarity of a little hindsight

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