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She may be a movie star with an album out, but Hilary Duff really relates to her unpopular character in "A Cinderella Story." Sure, she avoided humiliation in high-school hallways — barbs against her just get printed in magazines. But don't feel too sorry for her. As she told MTV News' Kelly Marino, she's got two more films and a two-month tour with her sister to look forward to this year alone.
MTV: This is one of your first leads since "The Lizzie McGuire Movie." Was there anything challenging about playing this part since it is something different for you, and one of your first major movie roles?
Hilary Duff: Not really. It's kind of weird to think of it like that, but I guess it is. Right after I did "Lizzie McGuire," I started making my album, then I did "Cheaper [By the Dozen]" ... so I was constantly working straight through. Then I did "A Cinderella Story." It was challenging because it was a different role for me, but I don't think I really felt the scary pressure of being the lead in the movie.
MTV: The movie deals with kids in high school trying to find themselves, and sometimes being treated as an outcast. Can you relate to this, whether it is in school or being in this business?
Duff: Definitely the reason why I took the movie is because ... I don't necessarily relate to her life, but I do go through a lot of the things she goes through, just in different ways.
I mean, I never went to high school — I'm actually finished with school — but I definitely feel the pressure of looking a certain way, or having to act a certain way, or be a certain way, or how people talk about you in magazines or something. It's just like you always deal with it in different ways; everybody does in life. Just as long as you believe in yourself, and you don't take what they say to heart, that's what really matters.
Sam, in the movie, she really believed in herself, and she really believed in her goals and went for it. I think that's what makes her so different from a lot of the other Cinderella movies.
MTV: You collaborated with your sister on "Our Lips Are Sealed" for the movie. You guys seem to get along well together, onscreen and off. Do you plan any further collaborations in music or movies?
Duff: Haylie actually wrote two songs for my album Metamorphosis, and she's going to be writing more for this one. I co-wrote a song with her and we did do a remake of "Our Lips Are Sealed." It was so much fun working with her. We get along so well and she's like my best friend. I'm going to have a two-month tour this summer, and she's going to be doing a couple of songs at the beginning of the show. I get to spend time with her, finally.
MTV: What's next?
Duff: I have another movie out [after "A Cinderella Story"]. It's called "Raise Your Voice," and it's with Rita Wilson, John Corbett and Oliver James.
It's about a young girl who — actually, I don't want to give too much of the story away. She is an aspiring songwriter, and she's stuck in this really small town. Her parents are very closed-minded, and she wants to go to this performing-arts school over the summertime in Los Angeles, but her dad won't really let her go. She has to deal with her brother dying, and it's kind of her fault. It's very dramatic, but she ends up succeeding in the end, after lots of struggles and stuff.
And then "The Perfect Man" comes out, and that's with Heather Locklear and Christopher Noth. And then a two-month tour over the summer, and then my album comes out, on my birthday.
MTV: You've made movies, released a record, have a clothing line ... is there anything else out there that you are going to try and conquer?
Duff: I don't know. There's definitely dreams and other things I have aspirations for, like "I want to do this" or "I want to do that," but right now I'm pretty satisfied. I just want to keep working at what I'm doing, and try and just keep getting better and better at it. I'm really lucky to have gotten to do so many things at such a young age. Hopefully, I can just keep doing it.
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Photo: Warner Bros.
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