Chad Michael Murray, Lindsay Lohan. Photo:
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“It was just a nostalgic kick,” the actor said of the upcoming ‘Freaky Friday’ sequel, which will be in theaters in 2025
Chad Michael Murray loved getting to reconnect with his Freaky Friday costar Lindsay Lohan for the film’s upcoming sequel.
While attending Christmas Con 2024 in Edison, N.J., on Dec. 15, the actor, 43, took part in a fan Q&A, where he was asked about Freakier Friday.
“It was awesome. It was just a nostalgic kick,” Murray said of the project. “It felt like a high school reunion, you know? It felt like no time had passed, and yet we had entire lives in between.”
Then, highlighting that it had been “23 years since we were on set doing the first one,” The Merry Gentlemen star also explained that following the plot of the film, which deals with body swapping between family members, could, at times, be confusing.
“There [were] moments where I’m sitting there going, ‘Okay, who’s who?’ … I was really focused. I had to do my homework, like, a lot, and then I’d still get it wrong,” he teased. “But it was great. So much fun.”
Lindsay Lohan and Chad Michael Murray in ‘Freaky Friday.’.
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Freakier Friday will see Murray return as his character Jake from the original film, while Lohan, 38, will reprise her role as Anna Coleman and Jamie Lee Curtis will once again star as her mother, Tess Coleman.
Other original stars, including Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao will also be back in the sequel.
New characters, meanwhile, will be played by Julia Butters, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Sophia Hammons, per Variety.
Earlier this year, Entertainment Weeklyreported that the plot of Freakier Friday, directed by Nisha Ganatra, will revolve around Lohan and Curtis’ characters switching bodies with two teenage girls.
Freakier Friday will hit theaters on Aug. 8, 2025.
