The cast of How I Met Your Father, a spin-off of the comedy series How I Met Your Mother, has been announced.
Hilary Duff has already been revealed as the lead of the series. She's the parent explaining to her son how she met his father. The Hollywood Reporter announced on Tuesday that she will act alongside Veronica Mars actor Chris Lowell, Grown-ish actress Francia Raisa, The Royals actor Tom Ainsley, Space Force actress Tien Tran and Life of Pi actor Suraj Sharma.
Lowell will play a musician named Jesse who helps pay the bills as an Uber driver. Sharma plays Jesse's roommate and best friend named Sid who owns a bar. Tran will play Jesse's adopted sister who has recently moved from quiet farmland to the bustling New York City.
Raisa will play Valentina, a stylist and the roommate of Duff's character. Ainsley will portray Charlie, a wealthy model who moved to New York after falling in love with Valentina.
10 episodes of the series will premiere exclusively on Hulu. There is no release date yet, but a post from Duff's Instagram story indicates the show is currently in production.
Duff was in the news in late 2020 following the cancelation of a new season of her old Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire. She said in an interview from early 2021 that the show was too mature for Disney+.
"I think [Disney is] really trying to figure out what kind of content they want living on Disney+,” Duff said. “That doesn’t totally align with where I see Lizzie right now. I’m like very protective of her, and they’re very protective of her."
Duff likely can't say too much about her relationship with Disney as How I Met Your Father is made through Disney's 20th Century Television, according to THR. Duff recently promoted How I Met Your Father at Disneyland.
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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who is still rooting for an R-rated continuation of Lizzie McGuire. That's what dreams are made of.