‘How I met your father’, the female ‘spin-off’ and with more diversity of ‘How I met your mother’


The creators of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ They had been trying for some time to carry out a ‘spin-off’ of the successful comedy about the misadventures of a group of friends in their thirties from New York. But they wanted to give it a more current touch and differentiate it from its predecessor, so they opted for a female lead to replace the lovesick Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor). The chosen one was a former Disney girl, Hilary Duff, the 34-year-old actress and singer who at just 13 became known for the children’s series ‘Lizzie McGuire’. The Spanish audience will be able to see from this Wednesday, May 11, how she tells her son her love story in ‘How I met your father’, that launches the platform Disney+.

Although really the one who explains to his offspring how he met his father is his future self (specifically from the year 2050), to whom he puts a face Kim Cattrall (the Samantha from ‘Sex in New York). Duff is the thirtysomething version of the protagonist Sophie, a girl looking for love in the age of Tinder. She is tired of dating, but she has not given up hope of finding her better half.

The series, made up of 10 episodes of less than 25 minutes, not only tries to distance itself from its predecessor by having a female lead, but also by introducing more touches of diversity. Sophie’s roommate is Valentina (France Raisa), of Mexican origin, and other of the protagonists are of Indian descent (Sid, whom he plays surah sharma) and Oriental (Ellen, a young lesbian played by Tien Tran). The group is completed Christopher Lowell as Jesse, Ellen’s stepbrother and with whom Sophie has a special ‘feeling’, and Tom Ainsley in the role of Charlie, Valentina’s new posh British boyfriend.

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The winks to ‘How I met your mother’ are immediate and are present from the beginning. The gang happens to be at the same bar, now owned by Sid, and he and his friend Charlie live in the apartment that once belonged to Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily (Alison Hannigan), which has some elements of the set. original. The canned laughs continue.

In ‘How I Met Your Father’, which already has a second season confirmed of 20 episodes, Hilary Duff also serves as executive producer after having to put aside the project to revive the series that launched her to fame, ‘Lizzie McGuire’. Her character of the savvy high school student with her own fears and insecurities launched her artistic career and paved her way into the movies, with movies like ‘Agent Cody Banks’ (2003), ‘Twelve at home’ (2003), ‘A Cinderella story’ (2004), ‘Twelve at home 2’ (2005)‘war’ (2008) and the occasional forgettable title that made it even be nominated for the Razzie, the ‘anti-Oscars’.

But, above all, it promoted his career in music, where it is estimated that he has sold some 15 million records. On television, however, she has not been able to repeat the impact of ‘Lizzie McGuire’, although she has participated in fictions such as gossip girls (where she was not one of the protagonists) and ‘younger’a comedy created and produced by Darren Star, author of such popular titles as ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Melrose Place’ and ‘Sensation of Life’.

Her enormous success in her first stage as a Disney girl did not make her end up becoming a broken toy Like other of her contemporaries, like Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears or Demi Lovato. Duff has been able to combine her artistic facet with that of businesswomanlaunching her own clothing lines Stuff by Hilary Duff and Femme for dknytwo exclusive perfume collections with elizabeth arden and running his sustainable products firm Happy Little Camper (of diapers and natural baby wipes) and its ecological brand veeda of feminine hygiene products.

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Without forgetting that she is the mother of three children, of whom she usually boasts on her social networks: Luca Cruz (10 years old, from her first marriage to the ice hockey player mike comrie), Violet Banks (3 years old, daughter of her second and current marriage with the musician matthew koma) and the small mae jameswho recently turned one year old. She has also tried as a writer and has signed a series of novels for young people, such as ‘My little brave girl’ (My brave girl), a children’s story inspired by Ella Banks’ daughter in which she encourages little girls to achieve their dreams .

In the production of ‘How I Met Your Father’ are Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Bergerwho have been behind series like ‘This is us’ and ‘With love, Victor’, as well as Carter Bays and Craig Thomasthe creators of ‘How I met your mother’.



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