As a child who grew up on the Disney comedy Freaky Friday, when I hear Britney Spears’ “… Child One Extra Time,” it’s inconceivable not to consider the scene the place Chad Michael Murray’s Jake sings the tune from the highest of his lungs. Forward of getting hyped for his return within the Freakier Friday launch, we spoke to the actor about filming that scene, and he had a comic story that makes me give it some thought in a complete completely different method.
Since Freaky Friday was truly Chad Michael Murray’s first film, throughout the Freakier Friday press junket in Los Angeles, I needed to ask about what it was like for him to movie that scene that also lives so hire free in my mind. In his phrases:
Singing Britney Spears. Completely terrifying. You are like 19 years previous and might’t sing and also you’re simply gonna go for it. And the perfect half was, I do not forget that we had been taking pictures in a neighborhood and we had a noise ordinance, however it was like 11 o’clock at night time once we had been about to complete up. And I’m singing this tune in the course of the neighborhood and all of the neighbors are piling up they usually’re all watching, which simply makes all of it that a lot better.
As chances are you’ll recall, Chad Michael Murray’s character of Jake decides to serenade Jamie Lee Curtis’ Tess with the Britney Spears tune from outdoors her home after hitting it off at his espresso store. However the enjoyable twist is Tess isn’t truly Tess, it’s her daughter Anna, and he or she’s swapped our bodies along with her mother after a supernatural prevalence at a Chinese language restaurant.
I love his story about being a younger actor who was new to the enterprise who was instructed to sing loudly in an precise neighborhood till neighbors began to catch on and acted as his viewers. Murray additionally mentioned this:
However, it was nice. I’m so grateful that [director Mark Waters] got here up with this concept and it is gotten to stay on.
Whereas it may need been embarrassing on the time, it clearly turned out hilarious and is fondly remembered by many. It goes to point out that actors simply should do the “terrifying” factor on a regular basis and hope it stands the check of time. Murray’s feedback come as he’s set to return as Jake in Freakier Friday. Per the newest trailer, we all know that Jake can be within the image when Anna, Tess, Anna’s teen daughter and to-be step-daughter all get physique swapped. The 2 teenagers determine to pay Jake a go to as a way to sabotage Anna’s upcoming marriage ceremony.
Beforehand, Murray has shared his trustworthy ideas on Jake, and the way he shouldn’t have began courting Anna as “sloppy seconds” after having a crush on her mother. He’s additionally talked a couple of humorous backstory concept he had for Jake going into Freakier Friday.
As Freakier Friday’s place on the 2026 film launch calendar attracts nearer, we additionally spoke to Lindsay Lohan concerning the Guardian Lure reunion within the film. It hits theaters on August 8.
