Sex in the City actress Kim Cattrall is joining the cast of Hulu’s How I Met Your Mother spinoff, How I Met Your Father. Cattrall will step into a recurring role that finds her playing the future version of Hilary Duff’s character Sophie, who is telling her son the story of how she met his father. This setup will sound familiar to fans of the original series as it was the role Josh Radnor’s Ted Mosby played, with Bob Saget voicing the future version of Josh.
Per Deadline‘s description, Sophie’s story will transport audiences back to the year 2021 where she and her close-knit group of friends— Jesse (Chris Lowell), Valentina (Francia Raisa), Charlie (Tom Ainsley), Ellen (Tien Tran), and Sid (Suraj Sharma)— are figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
Hulu’s How I Met Your Mother spinoff is being written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger who will also executive produce alongside How I Met Your Mother creators /exec producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and the original series’ director/exec producer Pam Fryman. Adam Londy will co-executive produce with Duff assuming a producer role as well.
Famously known for playing the free-spirited Samantha Jones in HBO’s Sex in the City, Cattrall has been featured in several TV series throughout the years, including Producing Parker, Sensitive Skin, Modus, Tell Me a Story, and Filthy Rich. She’s currently filming About My Father for director Laura Terruso. The upcoming comedy tells the story of what happens when Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend. Salvo then gets way too involved. About My Father also stars Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb, Sebastian Maniscalco, Deborah Tucker, and Laura Ault.
Were you a fan of How I Met Your Mother? Are you looking forward to the upcoming spinoff? Do you think Cattrall is a good fit to play a future version of Hilary Duff? Let us know in the comments section below.