Summary
- Freakier Friday brings back key characters, promising another chaotic body-swap adventure with musical moments.
- Nostalgic fans can look forward to familiar faces returning, along with new additions to the cast list.
- Pink Slip’s return in Freakier Friday hints at exciting possibilities for the iconic band’s evolution over 20 years.
Freaky Friday 2, officially titled Freakier Friday, is bringing back some key characters that will make another iconic musical moment possible. The upcoming film promises a lot of chaotic fun, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan returning to play the memorable mother-daughter duo. After all these years, it seems that they will be having another body-swap adventure, this time seemingly including a new younger generation. It will be fun to see what these characters have been up to over the last 20-plus years, but they aren’t the only Freaky Friday characters we are eager to see.
Some new names have been added to the cast list for Freakier Friday, including Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, The Acolyte), Sophia Hammons (Under Wraps), and Maitrey Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever). However, as a nostalgic sequel, fans of the original Freaky Friday will be especially looking forward to the return of actors like Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Lucille Soong, Rosalind Chao, and Stephen Tobolowsky, all of which have been confirmed. Of course, these aren’t all, and the following couple of actors reportedly returning to Freakier Friday are perhaps even more exciting.
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Freaky Friday 2 Is Bringing Back Pink Slip
Anna’s Teen Rock Band Is Back
Actors Christina Vidal Mitchell and Haley Hudson are also returning to Freakier Friday to play Maddie and Peg, the members of Anna’s band in Freaky Friday, Pink Slip. This group was responsible for the iconic Battle of the Bands scene in which Anna, who was actually her mother, Tess, trapped in Anna’s body, played guitar as the group covered “Take Me Away” by Lash. This was an easy highlight of Freaky Friday, fitting with the teenage culture of 2003. If Pink Slip is making a return in the upcoming nostalgic sequel, then Freakier Friday is sure to include another memorable performance.
A Pink Slip Performance Could Be Even Better 21 Years Later
Freakier Friday Has Nostalgia On Its Side
Anna’s dream in Freaky Friday was to make it big with her band. Of course, her mom, Tess, wasn’t thrilled with this, and their differences were part of what had to be resolved before the pair could regain their bodies. Pink Slip’s big performance played a significant role in Tess changing her mind since being on stage and realizing how hard it actually was made her admit it wasn’t just “noise.” Now, over 20 years later, it looks like Anna and Pink Slip will either still be going strong or will be reuniting, and that’s a pretty exciting prospect.
For young audiences, especially girls, watching Freaky Friday back in 2003, Pink Slip was about the most remarkable thing possible. Vidal Mitchell, Hudson, and Lohan were the perfect Y2K teen punk rockers, inspiring many to make being a rock star their life goal. Now, these audiences are all grown up, just like the stars. The nostalgia for this big Freaky Friday moment would make a repeat performance in Freakier Friday all the more exciting. Pink Slip’s return on stage is almost as good as those old rock star dreams becoming a reality.
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How Anna’s Band Will Have Changed (& What That Means For Freakier Friday)
Pink Slip Won’t Be A Teen Band Anymore
It’s been over 20 years since audiences saw Pink Slip perform in Freakier Friday, and it will be interesting to see how much this band has changed. Whether they stayed together and became big stars or will be somehow brought back together after Freakier Friday‘s big body swap, the members will be a couple of decades older than they were in 2003. The band can no longer be full of teenage grunge, and a song containing the lyrics “Don’t wanna grow up” might not be appropriate. Still, for nostalgia’s sake, some of that old teenage punk flavor has to make it back into the sequel.
Bringing back Pink Slip would be a great way to remind Lohan’s character who she had been once upon a time.
It’s been heavily implied that Anna will have her own daughters in Freakier Friday, and perhaps part of her conflict with them will revolve around the fact that she forgot what it was like to be an angsty teen. Bringing back Pink Slip would be a great way to remind Lohan’s character who she had been once upon a time. Perhaps this band will be what brings all the body-swapped characters back together, just as it did in Freaky Friday. It would be a perfect full-circle moment for Freakier Friday—and an awesome (if not somewhat cheesy) guitar solo wouldn’t hurt either.
Freakier Friday
Freaky Friday 2 is the sequel to the 2003 Disney comedy film that starred Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis as a mother and daughter who accidentally swapped bodies. No concrete details on the film exist other than the desire of Curtis and Lohan to return, with the script being written by Elyse Hollander.
- Distributor(s)
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Writers
- Elyse Hollander
- Franchise(s)
- Freaky Friday