Hilary Duff.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Hilary Duffhas nothing but respect for a true OG.
TheHow I Met Your Fatheractress, 35, is hoping to get all stars of the show’s parent seriesHow I Met Your Motherto make guest appearances afterCobie SmuldersandNeil Patrick Harrisreprised their roles in recent episodes.
“I was really nervous to work with NPH. He’s just such a stud. He’s legendary,” she toldEntertainment Tonighton the set of the Hulu spinoff.
She noted that she was the only new cast member to work with Harris, 49, when he made a brief cameo in the recent season 2 premiere. “I took him all for myself,” Duff joked.
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HIMYFcreators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger have since teased that Harris will have a “major impact” on the show as he continues to reprise his role as well-dressed womanizer Barney Stinson, whom he played duringHIMYM’s nine-season run on CBS from 2005 to 2014.
“Similar to Robin last year, we’ll learn some more about where Barney’s at, but it’ll also have a major impact on the trajectory, and main narrative, of our season,” he added.
Smulders, 40,returned to her roleas news anchor and former Canadian teen pop star Robin Scherbatsky for theHIMYFseason 1 finale, providing some wisdom for Duff’s Sophie.
New episodes ofHIMYFdrop Tuesdays on Hulu.
source: people.com
