On tonight’s instalment of COMMUNITY you play a mean girl named Meghan. What attracted you to this role that is very different from what your fans are used to seeing you play?
Hilary Duff: I think I just like to have fun. Meghan was a very different character and it was only a few days out of my life so it was really enjoyable to to just kind of jump into that. I’m also a really big fan of the show, and that was very enticing for me as well. COMMUNITY is funny, unique and I think the actors really get to shine in it. Plus, I got to work with Danny Pudi and Ken Jeong who are so funny, and Gillian [Jacobs] who is so sweet and nice.
Having spent a large portion of your post LIZZIE McGUIRE career guesting on television shows such as the GHOST WHISPERER, JOAN OF ARCADIA and LAW & ORDER how challenging is it to fit in with an already established cast?
I think that it’s always a little scary walking into a new environment where people see each other every single day and where they kind of know how to banter off one another in a scene. But they – especially the COMMUNITY cast were so sweet, welcoming and just super outgoing. You can tell they hang out offset and are good friends because they’re just total goofballs. They get to have so much fun on the show because it’s so quirky and off beat. It kind of made it easy for me to jump in there and have fun with them.
Good Moves: Despite our general lack of excitement when it comes to CBS’ procedural heavy schedule, it’s hard to argue with success. Which is why, rather then rail against the first place network for their reliance on gruesome procedurals, not to mention their seemingly never-ending roster of spinoffs, we find ourselves taking the high road. After-all, there’s a reason NCIS: LOS ANGELES and THE GOOD WIFE were a hit from the get-go, THE BIG BANG THEORY effortlessly cemented its status as TWO AND A HALF MEN’s heir apparent, and UNDERCOVER BOSS made the most of its much-buzzed-about post-SuperBowl timeslot to become the season’s big reality TV winner: CBS knows what their audience wants and delivers. Unfortunately, we’re not their audience. Which bring us to the…