Frankie Muniz made an appearance on “The Joe Vulpis Podcast” where he revealed why he has not spoken to Hilary Duff sine they made their 2003 movie Agent Cody Banks.
“Hilary Duff was probably one of my first friends when I moved to LA to film Malcolm [in the Middle],” he shared.
“We became really, really good friends. We had a really great relationship for a long time,” he said. He explained he did a guest stint on her show, and was hanging out with her while there ahead of filming the 2003 movie. “I was on the set of Lizzie McGuire, and I was in Hilary’s dressing room and her mom was there.”
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He said her mom, who is named Susan, was “the epitome of a stage mom….She was intense. Hilary was so cool, we had an awesome relationship, but her mom was super intense.”
“I’ve actually never told this story, and I might get in trouble for it, but I don’t care. I’m 40. So her mom was like, ‘Do you know what you’re doing this summer? What are you doing this summer?’ And I go, ‘Oh, I’m filming this movie where I’m playing like a junior James Bond. It’s called Agent Cody Banks.’”
Susan allegedly asked if there was a female role in the movie, and the next day…Hilary had apparently landed the role.
“Her mom’s like, ‘Guess what? We’re going to be spending the summer together.’” He continued, “No, she’s doing Cody Banks with you… They signed the contract last night.’”
He recalled thinking, “The movie you knew nothing about yesterday?” He apparently said his agents told him that “calls were made…They just assumed it was fine. Needless to say, I wasn’t thrilled about it. And not because I didn’t want it to be Hilary.” He explained it was more that the studio did not consult him. “I don’t know how much I want to say. I’m trying to think about it because I’ve already said way too much.”
“And if I told you I’ve never talked to Hilary since the last day of filming. I’ve not said one word to her since then. So that’s the truth of that. No one knows about my Hilary Duff story,” he said. “I regret not just continuing to be friends with her because we had a great friendship for such a long time, and her mom… it pissed me off.”
He added that he’d definitely catch up with her if he could, saying, “I would love to even talk about that because I’m sure she doesn’t know any of that happened.”