We’re not really Material Girls: Hilary & Haylie Duff
From Jenny Peters

LOS ANGELES—As Hilary and Haylie Duff promote their new teen comedy called “Material Girls,” doing press interviews in New York, a concert on the “Today” show's plaza, and the movie's glittering premiere, the sisters want to make sure that the world knows that while they may play two gals obsessed with getting the latest new thing, that's not really what they are like in real life.
“We are similar in some ways because in the movie the girls are best friends,” older sister Haylie explained. “And they live together and we live together,” chimed in Hilary, the more famous of the two. “They look out for each other too, just like we do, but in the movie the girls are very materialistic and Haylie and I, you can't say that we don't like to shop every once in a while, but we are not like these girls,” Hilary continued.
“These girls don't have a care in the world and they don't have any responsibility and everything has just been handed to them and they don't appreciate it, so when they lose it its like someone hit them over the head with a bat. They have no idea how to handle real life situations that happen to people, things that people deal with on a daily basis, struggles, and these girls don't know how to handle that.”
At 18 years old, Hilary Duff has been dealing with the realities of life for a long time; she's been in the spotlight since she was just a real kid, starting her acting career at 10 and becoming a huge teen star at just 14, as the lead in “Lizzie McGuire” on the Disney Channel. These days, both Duffs are constantly in the public eye, but despite that, they say they are just regular people - and very different than the shallow, clothing-obsessed girls they play in the movie.
“These girls are always dressed up no matter what they are doing,” Haylie grimaced. “We aren't like that in our everyday life, we wear sweatpants to the grocery store!” Not to mention that both are serious career women already. Haylie has a clothing line designed for 7- to 14-year-old girls; she's also about to plunge into the cosmetics market as well.
“I have a fragrance coming out in September, so that comes out with Elizabeth Arden,” she announced happily. And both are rolling along with their burgeoning acting careers as well. “Right now I am living in New York for the next couple of months and doing “Hairspray” [on Broadway]. It's very fun,” Hilary said. “Haylie is focusing on her music a lot and has a new album coming out and a single that she releases a video for in a couple of days. And then I started “7th Heaven,” the new season for the “CW” last week.”
Sadly for the almost inseparable pair, that means that the sisters won't be working together again for a while, which was the thing that made “Material Girls” such a treat for them. “We had the best time and it was like having your best friend at work with you every day - and a safety net,” Haylie remembered. “You felt like you could try new things and somebody was there to be like, “Maybe that wasn't the best.” Or “Maybe try it this way.”” “Material Girls” hits theatres on August 18.