How I Met Your Father Producers Compare Ted & Hilary Duff's Character

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How I Met Your Fatherco-showrunner Elizabeth Berger considers how Ted Mosby and Hilary Duff's Sophie are similar to each other. Currently airing its first season on Hulu, How I Met Your Father is a sequel series to CBS' beloved How I Met Your Mother. That show followed Ted (Josh Radnor) and his friends as they navigated life, work, and love in early 2000s New York City. All the while, a grown Ted (Bob Saget) narrated the stories of his life to his kids, eventually culminating in the sought-after tale of how he met their mom.

Now that format has been revived for How I Met Your Father, albeit with a gender-swapped, 2022 twist. Set within the same world as HIMYM, the new show is centered on 30-year-old Sophie, a hopeless romantic who dreams of finding The One in the age of dating apps. Her older self is played by Kim Cattrall, who, in a marked difference from HIMYM, actually appears onscreen. How I Met Your Father's ensemble is further filled out by Chris Lowell, Tom Ainsley, Francia Raisa, Tien Tran, and Suraj Sharma.

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With How I Met Your Father having just kicked off its run, Screen Rant recently got the chance to sit down with creators Berger and Isaac Aptaker to discuss the show. Though How I Met Your Father holds plenty of differences from HIMYM, the spirit of Ted still seems to live within Sophie. On the subject of how the two characters are alike — or different — Berger said this:

I think that there's a big similarity there in that they both just have this optimism even though they've been knocked down a lot and Sophie will continue to get knocked down through the series. I think what's so charming about both characters is that they just