Lizzie McGuire star Jake Thomas has explained why the show's "cursed" revival didn't happen.
Back in 2019 it was announced that Disney+ was developing a reboot of the iconic '00s show Lizzie McGuire.
The series was reportedly going to follow a grown up Lizzie as she navigated life as an adult, with Hilary Duff set to reprise her titular role. However, the hugely anticipated revival was shut down the following year, despite two episodes of the show having been filmed.
Appearing on the Zach Sang Show, Thomas, who played Lizzie's younger brother Matt, shared his theory that the show was "cursed", after multiple failed reboot attempts.
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Speaking to People, Thomas explained what happened behind the scenes of the most recent revival which caused the project to "fall apart".
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"I had heard rumblings for many years that they were trying to put something together, whether it was another movie or a series or something, but none of those rumours really ever held weight to me," the actor said.
"Then suddenly, it just came together very quickly. And we filmed two episodes at the end of 2019, and unfortunately when we came back January-ish, things had started to fall apart."
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Thomas claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was to blame for the reboot's eventual downfall, adding: "It was the wrong time, it was the wrong circumstances."
"I feel like sometimes it just kind of works out that way. That's Hollywood. That's the way I've always phrased it. It's disappointing, but I was really looking forward to people getting to see the characters again. It was really exciting."
The star said "it's very hard to say" whether the series will be picked up again in the future, but admitted he still remains "very optimistic about it".
"I still think that the show holds such a very special cultural value to a millennial audience, and there's definitely a hunger for that audience to see what their favourite characters are up to these days and how they've adapted to this world. Because they were dealing with the same issues as us as a kid, and it would be very interesting to see their millennial take on it today."
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