As a child who grew up on the Disney comedy Freaky Friday, when I hear Britney Spears’ “… Child One Extra Time,” it’s unimaginable not to consider the scene the place Chad Michael Murray’s Jake sings the track 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 really 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 You are like 19 years outdated and may’t sing and also you’re simply gonna go for it. And one of the best half was, I keep in mind that we have been taking pictures in a neighborhood and we had a noise ordinance, but it surely was like 11 o’clock at evening once we have been about to complete up. And I’m singing this track in the midst of the neighborhood and all of the neighbors are piling up they usually’re all watching, which simply makes all of it that significantly better.
As it’s possible you’ll recall, Chad Michael Murray’s character of Jake decides to serenade Jamie Lee Curtis’ Tess with the Britney Spears track from exterior her home after hitting it off at his espresso store. However the enjoyable twist is Tess isn’t really Tess, it’s her daughter Anna, and she or he’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 advised 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 might need been embarrassing on the time, it clearly turned out hilarious and is fondly remembered by many. It goes to indicate that actors simply must do the “terrifying” factor on a regular basis and hope it stands the take a look at of time. Murray’s feedback come as he’s set to return as Jake in Freakier Friday. Per the most recent trailer, we all know that Jake will probably 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 with the intention to sabotage Anna’s upcoming marriage ceremony.
Beforehand, Murray has shared his trustworthy ideas on Jake, and the way he shouldn’t have began relationship Anna as “sloppy seconds” after having a crush on her mother. He’s additionally talked a few 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 in regards to the Guardian Entice reunion within the film. It hits theaters on August 8.
