The actor played Lizzie’s mischievous little brother, Matt McGuire Jake Thomas played Lizzie McGuire’s mischievous little brother, Matt, in the franchise To this day, the actor is still tagged in photos from fans visiting the Trevi Fountain in Rome,

It’s been over five years since the Lizzie McGuire revival series was officially scrapped, and Jake Thomas is weighing in. The former Disney Channel actor who played Hilary Duff’s little brother Matt in the comedy explained why the sequel series didn’t move forward.

"Sometimes that just happens," Thomas, who played Lizzie's younger brother Matt on the original series, told E! News of how the Disney+ revival "fell apart" in 2020. "It was bad timing with everything. It was right at the beginning of COVID."