Hilary Duff Wasn’t Aware Of ‘Cadet Kelly”s Impact On The LGBTQ+ Community
etcanada.comHilary Duff says she will “have to watch the movie again” when it comes to discovering how much her Disney Channel Original Movie, “Cadet Kelly” resonated with the LGBTQ+ community.
While promoting her new show, “How I Met Your Father”, Duff spoke with Cosmopolitan about the iconic 2002 film and how she recently learned of it having some queer-coded undertones.
The film, sees Duff’s character Kelly enrol in a military school due to her strict stepfather Joe (played by Gary Cole). While enrolled she becomes rivals with her commanding officer Jennifer Stone (played by Christy Carlson Romano) as they aim to make their school the best drill team in the state.
The rivalry between Kelly and Jennifer certainly caught the attention of a lot of young queer watchers. Duff’s “How I Met Your Father” costar Tien Tran, who is openly gay and plays the out and proud Ellen on the show, first brought it to her attention. “She was like, ‘Oh my God.
