Chris Lowell and Hilary Duff Say Leighton Meester Has ‘Wonderful’ ‘HIMYF’ Role
“How I Met Your Father” made its debut on Hulu Tuesday and eagle-eyed fans caught a familiar face in a quick scene from the pilot – “Gossip Girl” alum Leighton Meester.The actress had a brief cameo as Meredith, Jesse’s (Chris Lowell) ex-girlfriend, to whom he proposed at one of her coffee house gigs, only to be turned down, and followed by him tripping backward off the stage with the whole moment immortalized for the Jesse character by going viral on YouTube.Speaking to TheWrap, Lowell and Hilary Duff, who plays Sophie, said there will be more of Leighton’s character down the line.“She definitely has a wonderful role on the show,” Lowell told TheWrap. “I don’t know how much we’re allowed to talk about.