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 DUFF TALES
Hllary Duff is naughty. “I’m sure people think I’m, like, super conservative, super goodygood,” she giggles. “And I’m really not.” If all you know is her smart, sweet and endearingly quirky image, prepare to be surprised by The Duff’s sassier side. Hilary’s charisma is in full effect in her new movie, Material Girls, where she and big sis Haylie play spoiled socialites (and cover the Madge classic on the soundtrack).
INSTINCT: Can I call you Creature?
HILARY DUFF: That’s one of my parents’ nicknames for me. [Laughs] I was pretty odd as a baby. I was really, really tiny, my skin was kind of, like, yellow, from jaundice and my hair stuck straight up. My sister Haylie—just so I don’t seem like the only weird one—they called her Yoda.
Wow.
She’s so beautiful now, but if you saw a baby picture, you’d be like, “Whoa!”
Bet your parents were relieved with how you two turned out.
Sometimes when I see baby pictures of us, I’m like, “Mom, were you scared? When people said, ‘Oh, look at your beautiful baby!’ you knew they were lying, because we weren’t!” [Laughs]
You girls are grown up in Material Girls.
It’s kind of like “riches to rags.” Haylie and I play two sisters who own the largest makeup company in the world. They’re kind of spoiled and they party. You don’t even think that they’re really human. It’s like, What do these girls even do?
How Hilton!
This whole scandal goes down, and they have to deal with losing their company. The movie has a lot of heart and it’s very funny.
So you two covered “Material Girl” for it, right?
We did! It was cool remaking a Madonna song.
Did she make y’all study Kabbalah first?
[Laughs] No way.
Haylie was great as Summer in Napoleon Dynamite. Do you have a “Vote For Summer” T- shirt?
I do! She brought me some.
Was there a chance of you doing a cameo, like riding Tina the llama?
[Laughs] I would have loved to! For the past two years, I’ve been doing nothing but touring because there were no projects available to challenge me without being just way too adult. You know, I don’t want to murder my parents or be a pregnant drug addict or anything.
Gotcha.
It was tough, so I just toured. Now I have some movies coming up that are going to be different than what anybody’s seen before from me…although I don’t know if I’ll get to be with a llama.
Does everybody tell you that “So Yesterday” is the ultimate post-breakup anthem?
Everyone!
You can tell that someone in our office just got dumped because they crank up that song. And by “someone,” I mean me.
Really? Oh, my gosh! Thank you. I love “So Yesterday.” I related to it, too. That makes me feel so good to hear that!
Is it important to you that your music has a positive message?
Definitely! My mom really instilled that in my sister and me: having inner strength. I want the kind of music I write and sing to be positive. I don’t think there’s very much of that out there anymore. It’s also important that there are some strong songs that aren’t all about how “a boy broke your heart and you’re never going to get on your feet again,” you know?
That’s good for girls (and gay men) to hear!
I think so, too.
What songs do you and Haylie sing along to?
Anything by The Fray. We’ve known about them for a really long time! Now they’re finally starting to get played on the radio.
It’s always cool when it’s one of your finds, too.
Yeah! But then I get mad. I’m like, “Damn! Now everyone’s going to know about this! I wanted it for myself.” But that’s too selfish. [Laughs]
Have you ever seen a Duff drag queen?
No, but I would love it. That would make my day!
I think it’s coming.
Good! I’m recording a song today, and I could totally see it as a drag anthem. Hopefully! You know what’s funny? I have a clothing line for girls that are 7 to 14, but sometimes at concerts I see, like, older guys squeezed into these little pink T-shirts. And I love it so much! I’m always like, “I love your shirt!”
Would you ever do a big action movie?
I would, and that’s actually one of the things that we’re working on. It’s not anything that anybody knows, but it’s definitely a “kick-ass girl” movie.
One of the lines from “Wake Up” is about “putting [your] makeup on a Saturday night.” How quickly can you do it?
I like to take a long time to get ready, but I can do it really fast, too. This morning I was running really late, and I did everything in probably about 10 minutes: my hair and my makeup. So that’s pretty fast, right? If my friends and I are going out, we all like to get ready together.
Classic girl thing.
[Laughs] Yeah. My boyfriend’s always like, “Come on, let’s go!” I’m like, “Come on, I’ll do it to you, too, and then you’ll like it.” He’s like, “No!”
A Good Charlotte boy not liking makeup?
He knows how to put it on. He wears eyeliner.
As guest editor of Seventeen, did you end up firing anyone?
No. I threatened to once, but I was just kidding.
So your Chihuahua, Lola, has her own blog?
Oh, yes, she does.
Are you afraid that she’ll blog all your secrets?
[Laughs] I hope not, because then I’m going to torture her!
Torture?!
It’s funny, because she is a total traitor for human food. That’s how I would torture her—when I’m eating, she’ll be right at my feet, begging.
Do you fall for it, or are you tough?
Oh, I totally fall for it! She’s, like, totally spoiled and totally, like, knows how to work me.
When it comes to training your boyfriend, are you as nice to him as you are to your dog?
Oh, no, no. I’m much nicer to my dog. [Laughs]
Material Girls is out now on DVD.
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