THE ACOLYTE's Manny Jacinto to Play Lindsay Lohan's Husband in Disney's FREAKIER FRIDAY
Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Acolyte) was previously announced as a cast member on the upcoming Disney sequel, Freakier Friday, but he was only given an undisclosed role.
But as the stars, Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, turned out for D23 this past weekend, we found out that Jacinto will portray the husband of Lohan's character, Anna, who, thanks to a mysterious curse, swapped bodies with her mom, Tess, in the first film.
"Manny plays Lindsay's husband, but that's as much as we can say," Curtis tells EW, explaining that they are still in the middle of shooting. "Manny is lovely, so funny," Lohan chimes in of her new onscreen love interest.
Lohan's former onscreen love interest, Chad Michael Murray, will also be back, reprising his role of Jake from the beloved 2003 comedy. Last month, Disney shared an image of Murray in character, complete with a new motorcycle.
"Chad is in it. And boy, oh boy, is Chad in it," Curtis teases of Murray's return in Freakier Friday.
Though Curtis refers to Jacinto as Anna's husband, the official synopsis for the upcoming film (directed by Late Night helmer Nisha Ganatra and written by Dollface screenwriter Jordan Weiss), only alludes to the younger woman having "a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter" who must "navigate challenges that come when two families merge."
EW previously viewed a casting call for the film that included unverified character descriptions that called Anna a "longtime single mom" who "is set to marry British restaurateur Eric Davis," to the dismay of her "tomboy" daughter, Harper.
In addition to Lohan, Curtis, and Murray, several other stars from the first movie have been announced to return to the Freaky Friday universe, including Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao.
Freakier Friday will hit theaters in 2025.