United Kingdom, June 11 -- Lizzie McGuire star Jake Thomas thinks the cancelled reboot was hurt by "bad timing".

The 35-year-old actor was set to return as Matt - the on-screen brother of Hilary Duff's titular character - in a planned Disney revival of the hit sitcom, but the sequel series was scrapped five years ago.

He told E! News: "We actually filmed two episodes of the reboot, but unfortunately it fell apart.

"Sometimes that just happens. It was bad timing with everything. It was right at the beginning of COVID.

"It just kinda fell apart. And I was really excited to see where Matt was gonna be today, and more importantly for audiences to see that."

Pondering what Matt and Lizzie's sibling bond would be like today, he insisted it...