Hilary Duff & Chris Lowell Tease Leighton Meester's 'Wonderful' Role on 'How I Met Your Father'
Fans who tuned in to the debut episode of How I Met Your Father may have spotted a surprise cameo from a familiar face!
Leighton Meester made an appearance as Meredith, the ex-girlfriend of Jesse (Chris Lowell), who’s chaotic proposal to her was immortalized in a viral YouTube video.
In an interview with The Wrap, Hilary and Chris teased that fans could expect more from the Gossip Girl alum’s character later on the show.
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“She definitely has a wonderful role on the show,” Chris told the outlet. “I don’t know how much we’re allowed to talk about. I can say that all of us got excited to have her around and working with her was an absolute joy. She’s awesome. I’m sorry, there’s so many other things I would love to tell you but I really don’t — I think I’m going to get like slapped on the wrist. You’re the first person to bring her up.”
Hilary added, “We worked together as teens and now we’re getting to work together in our adulthood and it’s lovely. She’s a mother and a great person. And it’s kind of heart wrenching because when you see Leighton and Chris together [as Meredith and Jesse] you’re like, ‘This was like a great couple.’ So she’s definitely probably going to ruin Sophie’s day.”
The pair went on to say Leighton fit right in with the rest of the How I Met Your Father cast.
“When you’ve got like an established core group of people who really get along it’s really difficult to kind of smoothly transition into that and she did it effortlessly,” Chris said. “She felt like you know another member of the gang whenever she was around.”
New episodes of HIMYF air on Hulu on Tuesdays. You can check out a trailer for the show here!