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Christy Carlson Romano says Shia LaBeouf regularly criticized Hilary Duff\u2019s Lizzie McGuire<\/em> while they were costars on Even Stevens<\/em>.<\/p>\n The actress recalled those comments during the October 20 episode of The Joe Vulpis Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n Romano played Ren Stevens, the organized older sister of LaBeouf\u2019s mischievous Louis, on the Disney Channel comedy. The series ran for three seasons from 2000 to 2003.<\/p>\n She has been revisiting her childhood career while promoting Once Upon a Trainwreck: The Fall and Rise of a Child Star<\/em>, her memoir published October 6.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Asked about Nickelodeon, Romano said Disney\u2019s young performers did not have personal disputes with the rival network\u2019s actors. She remembered the competition for ratings being stronger between shows on Disney Channel itself.<\/p>\n \u201cHilary had no clue about that,\u201d she said of LaBeouf\u2019s comments, according to PEOPLE<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m sure she was doing her own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Romano recalled questioning why he was criticizing a production they knew little about.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wanted to be the number one show on the network,\u201d she said. \u201cHe had to be the number one show because I think his life depended on that show doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n She connected that urgency to what she described as his difficult upbringing.<\/p>\n Lizzie McGuire<\/em> premiered in 2001, following Duff\u2019s character through middle school and using an animated version of Lizzie to express thoughts she kept to herself.<\/p>\nRomano Says Hilary Duff \u2018Had No Clue\u2019<\/h2>\n
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