The actor detailed why his friendship along with his Agent Cody Banks co-star ended after they wrapped the 2003 movie, and put the blame on Duff’s “tremendous intense” mom, Susan, claiming she “pissed me off.”
Frankie Muniz is revealing what allegedly led to the tip of his friendship with Hilary Duff for the primary time.
Throughout an look on The Joe Vulpis Podcast final month, the actor detailed why he hasn’t spoken to Duff because the two shared the display screen within the 2003 movie, Agent Cody Banks. And in response to Muniz, 39, the entire blame is on Duff’s mom, Susan.
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Muniz, 39, recalled how he turned pals with Duff, 38, after he moved to Los Angeles to movie Malcom within the Center, noting that the 2 then-child stars “had a very nice relationship for a very long time.”
Nevertheless, he stated all of it went awry when he guest-starred on an episode of Duff’s Lizzie McGuire in 2002.
“I do not know if I wish to inform it, however perhaps I’ll. It has been a very long time,” Muniz advised podcast host Joe Vulpris, earlier than then started.
“I used to be on the set of Lizzie McGuire, and I used to be in Hilary’s dressing room, and her mother was there,” he recalled, saying that Duff’s mother, Susan, was “the epitome of a stage mother.”
“She was intense. Hilary was so cool, we had an superior relationship, however her mother was tremendous intense,” he continued. “My mother was the other. Once I was on set, my mother could be there if she needed to be, however she would cover within the nook. [She] did not wish to be in the best way.”
“I’ve really by no means advised this story, and I’d get in hassle for it, however I do not care. I am 40,” Muniz joked.
In response to Muniz, whereas he was in Duff’s dressing room, her mother requested him about his summer season plans, to which he replied, “Oh, I am filming this film the place I am taking part in like a junior James Bond. It is referred to as Agent Cody Banks.” Muniz stated Susan then requested if there was a “lady” position that “could be good for Hilary.”
“I used to be like, ‘Yeah … However I do not know,'” he advised Vulpris, including that he did have a “say” in his contract about his feminine counterpart within the movie. In response to Muniz, on the time, Smallville star Kristin Kreuk was being eyed for the half, admitting that he even “pictured” Kreuk within the position of Natalie Connors.
“So I actually thought that was what it was going to be,” stated Muniz, who performed the titular character.
Nevertheless, he stated the “subsequent day” he discovered “surprising” information from Duff’s mother.
“The following day — I am not kidding — the following morning … I present as much as the set, I’m going into [Duff’s] dressing room to hang around. And her mother’s like, ‘Guess what? We will be spending the summer season collectively!'”
“And I am like, ‘What do you imply?’ … She’s like, ‘We will be up in Vancouver collectively!’ I am like, ‘Oh! What’s Hilary filming? She’s going to be filming a film up there, too? That is superior. We get to hang around, have dinners.’ She [said], ‘No, she’s doing Cody Banks with you … They signed the contract final night time.'”
“The film you knew nothing about yesterday?” Muniz recalled asking Duff’s mother, including that he felt that it wasn’t “humanly potential.” He stated he referred to as his brokers — noting that he wasn’t “mad,” it was simply “surprising,” particularly as a result of he had a “say” in regards to the casting in his contract.
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As for what apparently went down behind the scenes, Muniz stated, “So supposedly calls have been made, they usually knew Hilary and I have been actually shut, and I used to be filming her present, so they simply assumed it was wonderful.”
“For sure, I wasn’t thrilled about it. And never as a result of I did not need it to be Hilary, simply because [the studio went around him],” he defined.
Muniz stated he was “lucky” that he was in a position to have a “say” in casting, noting that he “had a sure picture or a sure imaginative and prescient” of the character. He added that that they had deliberate on auditioning different feminine actresses.
He went on to recall filming Agent Cody Banks in Vancouver, sharing that he “turned greatest pals” with Angie Harmon, who starred as Agent Ronica Miles.
“We had such a tremendous time on the set, [but] I used to be very unhappy when Hilary’s mother would come on set. I am being trustworthy,” Muniz defined, including that he is now “sufficiently old to the place I understand I do not thoughts individuals understanding the reality.”
He then dropped a tragic declare: his friendship with Duff ended as soon as filming wrapped.
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“If I advised you I’ve by no means talked to Hilary because the final day of filming,” Muniz stated. “I’ve not stated one phrase to her since then. In order that’s the reality of that. Nobody is aware of about my Hilary Duff story.”
When requested in regards to the vibe between him and Duff on set, Muniz agreed that they have been “skilled,” however stated there was “awkwardness as a result of perhaps I left on the market was a small relationship ingredient.”
“So there was additionally that ingredient that wasn’t taking place anymore,” Muniz stated. “It was awkward due to that.”
Finally, he famous that he is unhappy he and Duff did not stay pals.
“I remorse not simply persevering with to be pals together with her as a result of we had an important friendship for such a very long time, and I let her mother… it pissed me off,” Muniz stated.
He then pressured that he’d “love” to patch issues up with Duff sooner or later.
“I might like to meet up with her,” Muniz shared, earlier than referring to the alleged drama with Duff’s mother and the Agent Cody Banks casting. “I might like to even discuss that as a result of I am certain she would not know any of that occurred.”
