Chad Michael Murray reflected on his experience returning to the Freaky Friday franchise with Lindsay Lohan.
The One Tree Hill star, 43, participated in a Q&A panel at Christmas Con 2024 in New Jersey earlier this month, where she was asked what it was like to work on the upcoming sequel to the 2003 film, according to People.
‘It was incredible. It was just a nostalgic kick,” Murray said. ‘It felt like a high school reunion, you know?
“It seemed like no time had passed, and yet we had entire lives in between.”
Saying that it’s been “23 years since we were on set doing the first one,” he noted that he had a hard time knowing who was playing who while they were filming the body-swap movie.
‘There were times when I was sitting there saying, “Okay, who’s who?” …I was really focused. I had to do my homework a lot and I still made mistakes,’ he joked. ‘But it was great. Very funny.’
Chad Michael Murray reflected on his experience returning to the Freaky Friday franchise with Lindsay Lohan. Seen here on May 8, 2024.
In Freakier Friday, Murray reprises his role as Jake while Lohan, 38, and Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, return to the roles of Anna and Tess Coleman.
In Freakier Friday, Murray reprises his role as Jake, while Lohan, 38, and Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, return to the roles of Anna and Tess Coleman.
The 2003 film was a remake of the original 1976 film starring Barbara Harris and a young Jodie Foster.
Both films were based on the 1972 novel Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers.
The story follows a mother and daughter who switch bodies after reading a mystical Chinese fortune cookie and must pretend to be each other until they figure out how to switch back.
In the new film, Anna and Tess swap bodies with two teenagers.
The filming of the second installment was announced in March and comes more than two decades after the premiere of the first film.
When asked about the sequel, Lohan said People, “I’m excited to work with Jamie again and see how far we can go,” she said.
Freakier Friday will hit theaters on August 8, 2025.
The One Tree Hill star, 43, participated in a Q&A panel at Christmas Con 2024 in New Jersey earlier this month, where she was asked what it was like to work on the upcoming sequel to the 2003 film.
‘It was incredible. It was just a nostalgic kick,” Murray said. ‘It felt like a high school reunion, you know? “It felt like no time had passed and yet we had whole lives in between.”
While Murray was happy to reprise the role of Jake for the Freaky Friday sequel, he will not be reprising his role as Lucas Scott in the One Tree Hill reboot.
The reason for this is that he has no desire to work with his ex-wife Sophia Bush, insiders say.
Bush and her co-star Hilarie Burton, both 42, confirmed in August that a new series is in the works for Netflix, and they are both executive producers.
The hit series, which aired from 2003 to 2012, was famous for a series of explosive storylines, but equally dramatic were the real-life fights behind the scenes, including Murray and Bush’s bitter divorce.
The 2005 split was so divisive that Murray has no desire to reunite with his ex or work for him on his next project.
“There is no love lost between Chad and Sophia,” a source told DailyMail.com. “They have both moved on in their personal lives since their divorce.”
Bush and Murray officially began dating in 2003 and married in 2005 in Santa Monica.
They celebrated at the Casa del Mar Hotel with their friends and family, but broke up just five months later over rumors that Murray had cheated on Bush with Paris Hilton.
“It’s been 23 years since we were on set doing the first one,” Murray said. Lindsay Lohan seen here on November 18, 2024
He noted that he had a hard time following who is who while filming with all the body changes. Seen here on December 14, 2024.
At the time, Murray was rumored to have walked out on his marriage to none other than his House of Wax co-star, Paris Hilton.
Bush attempted to annul the marriage, alleging fraud, but his efforts were unsuccessful and the divorce was finally finalized in 2006.
“Sophia tried to annul their marriage, claiming fraud, but was denied,” the source continued. ‘The last thing Chad wants or needs is to work with or for Sophia.
‘With her producer credit it means she would be his boss. No amount of money would make him agree to return.’