Neil Patrick Harris Returns as Barney Stinson for How I Met Your Father
Neil Patrick Harris suited up as Barney Stinson one more time for the Season 2 Premier of How I Met Your Father (Now on HULU). How I Met Your Father is a spin-off of the legen, wait for it, …dary CBS Sitcom from 2005 that ran a total of 9 seasons.
The cameo occurs when Sophie (Hillary Duff) rear-ends a car in front of her with the license plate “LGNDRY.” Out of the vehicle steps Barney Stinson who says “Duuuude” as his bumper promptly falls off. The voiceover then asks, “Who’s that?” and future Sophie (Kim Cattrall) replies, “We’ll get there soon enough.”
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Neil Patrick Harris is the second character from ‘How I Met Your Mother’ to return to its spinoff. Cobie Smulders appeared in the season 1 finale of the sitcom. The Showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger plan to inject all of the original characters eventually, and we have certainly not seen the last of Barney Stinson.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Berger and Aptaker discussed their plans for future cameos and the excitement surrounding the return of Barney. When asked how Barney’s return came to fruition Berger explained:
“We’re always so excited at the prospect of having anyone from the original on. We had an idea on how to use Barney this season that was really exciting to us very early. From there, we very quickly looped in [original HIMYM director] Pam Fryman, who texted him and said, “Do you want to come hang?” Because everyone adores Pam so, so much, she got a very speedy response. We got on a zoom with Neil and pitched him our idea for it and it fell into place very quickly, which was amazing.”
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As far as Barney’s continued role in Season 2, Berger quipped, “That was really truly just a little tease but we do have some really meaty stuff coming. More is coming. By the time his appearance on our show is over, people will feel really satisfied by what they’ve seen.”
You can catch all of Season 1 of ‘How I Met Your Father’ streaming on HULU.
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