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Frankie Muniz revealed he hasn\u2019t spoken to Hilary Duff since they finished filming Agent Cody Banks in 2003, despite once being close friends.
\nMuniz described how Duff\u2019s mother, whom he called an \u201cintense stage mom,\u201d orchestrated Hilary\u2019s casting in the film without his input, even though his contract gave him a say in choosing his co-star.
\nHe admitted he regrets letting Duff\u2019s mother come between their friendship and wishes he had maintained their relationship after the movie.<\/p>\n
Frankie Muniz<\/a> recently revealed why he hasn\u2019t spoken to Hilary Duff<\/a> since starring in their 2003 film, Agent Cody Banks<\/a>.<\/p>\n During a September appearance on The Joe Vulpis Podcast<\/a>, the former Malcolm in the Middle<\/a> child star opened up about the surprising way the Lizzie McGuire<\/a> actress was cast in Agent Cody Banks.<\/p>\n \u201cHilary Duff was probably one of my first friends when I moved to LA to film\u00a0Malcolm. I think I met her before the show had even aired,\u201d Muniz recalled. \u201cWe became really really good friends. We had a really great relationship for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n While on the set of Lizzie McGuire for his Season 2 feature on the Disney Channel series, Muniz recounted interactions with Duff\u2019s mother, Susan.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in Hilary\u2019s dressing room and her mom was there and her mom was, I\u2019m going to say, the epitome of a stage mom. She was intense,\u201d he detailed. \u201cHer mom was like, \u2018Do you know what you\u2019re doing this summer?\u2019 I go, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m filming this movie where I\u2019m playing like a junior James Bond. It\u2019s called Agent Cody Banks.’\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Is there a girl that would be good for Hilary?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 I go, \u2018But I don\u2019t know\u2026I think they\u2019re talking about some people.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Muniz said his Agent Cody Banks contract noted that he would have a say in who was cast as his costar. Smallville<\/a> actress Kristin Kreuk<\/a> had read for the role of Natalie Connors, and Muniz already had her in mind for the part.<\/p>\n However, the next day, Duff\u2019s mom told Muniz that her daughter just signed a contract to costar in Agent Cody Banks. \u201cI was like, \u2018The movie you knew nothing about yesterday, you signed? What do you mean? It\u2019s not possible,’\u201d Muniz said.<\/p>\n Muniz explained, \u201cI wasn\u2019t mad. It was just shocking. I had a say. They didn\u2019t ask me. But supposedly, calls were made and they knew that Hilary and I were really close and I was filming her show, so they just assumed it was fine. So needless to say, I wasn\u2019t thrilled about it.\u201d<\/p>\n While filming Agent Cody Banks, Muniz confessed he was \u201cvery sad\u201d when Duff\u2019s mother was on set.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t mind people knowing the truth,\u201d he told Vulpis. \u201cI\u2019ve never talked to Hilary since the last day of filming. I\u2019ve not said one word to her since then.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Muniz admitted that he wishes he had continued his friendship with Duff despite her \u201csuper intense\u201d mother.<\/p>\n \u201cI regret not just continuing to be friends with her because we had a great friendship for such a long time and I let her mom [get between us],\u201d he confessed. \u201cIt pissed me off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MGM\/courtesy Everett Collection What To Know Frankie Muniz revealed he hasn\u2019t spoken to Hilary Duff since they finished…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-105369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}