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- Jake Thomas shares how his pointed hairstyle on Lizzie McGuire was created in an exclusive interview with People
- The actor revealed that the pointed hair he wore in character as Matt McGuire demanded large amounts of hair gel
- The appearance, which he chose for himself, was inspired by prominent figures in the entertainment industry in the late 1990s that also carried the style
Jake Thomas is best known for playing Matt McGuire at Disney Channel’s Lizzie McGuire, But the gravity-urgent spiky hair he rocked on the show-while Hilary Duff played opposite him as the show’s titular character-where is equally memorable.
The actor spoke with people exclusively about his signature hairstyle on the Disney Channel program, before the release of the video game, Mindseyewhere he expresses character Marco Silva. The game arrived at the Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC on June 10.
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When you discuss Lizzie McGuireThe actor took a moment to reflect on the hair during the show and explained that he got the choice for the hair to be spiky.
“I think I was responsible for becoming the iconic spiky-haired look. When we filmed the pilot back when it was in 1999, I don’t think I had ever made a spiky-hair type of look,” recalled Thomas. “My hair was just always down without product, something similar. And I think it’s just a product of the times.”
He added to see people in the entertainment industry rocking pointed hair – popularized by stars such as Travis Barker, Jake Gyllenhaal, *Nsync’s Joey Fatone and more – towards the end of the 1990s inspired his decision.
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“All the cool people I saw had only these cool ones – because we approached the 2000s – the pointed hair, all the cool people had the pointed hair,” he explained. “So when I sat down at my hair and the makeup chair are the ones ‘okay, so what do you want to do?’ I was like, “I want to make nails.”
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He continued, “they were like,” sure, let’s do it. “And then I think season 2, a good amount of the hair and the makeup budget would go to a bathtub with hair gel just to nail my hair every day.”
At the show’s conclusion, Thomas was ready to move on from the pointed hair. “As soon as the show finished, I rejected that identity and I was like, ‘No, no, no, we’ll be back to the turn,'” Star, now 35. “And then I did the swoop for a while and then in my recent years I have embraced the hair update now.”
It is not surprising that Thomas wanted to retire the pointed hair. He said that the “sharp” look required “a bathtub with hair gel that they would scoop out and spread in the hair spray.” When it was time for his showers at the end of the day, Thomas definitely washed out a lot of gel every night. ”
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Lizzie McGuire A total of 65 episodes were broadcast over four seasons at Disney Channel. Teen Comedy series also played Lalaine, Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd and Robert Carradine.
The series spawned The Lizzie McGuire Movie 2003With the show that ended a year later in 2004. Lizzie McGuire is available to stream on Disney+.
