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Hilary Duff Opens Up About Being Compared to Lizzie McGuire Growing Up

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Hilary Duff is looking back at her time on Lizzie McGuire. In a new interview with Bustle, the How I Met Your Father actress said that her time playing Lizzie McGuire on the hit Disney Channel show continues to affect the way people perceive her. Click inside to find out what she said… Hilary explained that the reason she and her character have so much in common is because she took on the role at such a young age. “I was too young to do a character dive on Lizzie,” she said. “I think I was just playing myself.

And I really related to that girl. She was me, and I was her, and that was that.” But as she got older, being compared to Lizzie became a source of frustration. “I was like, ‘I’m me!

I’m Hilary, not that person. That’s a made-up person,’” she shared. “It was a desire to be seen as a person outside of a character.

By the time I was 18, I was like, ‘If I hear that name [Lizzie McGuire] one more time!’” As for whether she felt pigeonholed because of the character, the actress replied: “Of course.

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