Chad Michael Murray Just Shared One Embarrassing BTS Detail About His Britney Spears Scene In 'Freaky Friday'

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As a kid who grew up on the Disney comedy Freaky Friday, when I hear Britney Spears’ “... Baby One More Time,” it’s impossible not to think about the scene where Chad Michael Murray’s Jake sings the song from the top of his lungs. Ahead of getting hyped for his return in the Freakier Friday release, we spoke to the actor about filming that scene, and he had a funny story that makes me think about it in a whole different way.  Since Freaky Friday was actually Chad Michael Murray’s first movie, during the Freakier Friday press junket in Los Angeles, I had to ask about what it was like for him to film that scene that still lives so rent-free in my brain.

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00:00Singing Britney Spears. Absolutely terrifying. You know, you're like 19 years old and can't sing and you're just going to

00:10go for it. And the best part was, I remember that there was like, we were shooting in a neighborhood

00:15and we had a noise ordinance, but it was like 11 o'clock at night when we were about to

00:20finish up.

00:20And I'm singing this song out in the middle of the neighborhood and all the neighbors are coming piling up

00:24and they're all watching, which just makes it all that much better. But it was great. I, you know, I'm

00:30so grateful that Mark came up with this idea. You know, it's gotten to live on.

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