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Miley Cyrus Transforms into ‘Hannah Montana’ in 20th Anniversary Special First Look
Sweet niblets! Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus are back in Malibu.
Ahead of the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special hitting Disney+ March 24, a new trailer shows Miley in her iconic blonde wig once more as she revisits the iconic TV show’s set alongside her dad and mom Tish Cyrus.
“Already getting emotional,” Miley, dressed like her character Miley Stewart’s titular popstar alter ego, says in the new trailer released March 10. “Wow.”
In a supercut of clips from the upcoming special, Miley explored the reimagined set alongside mom and, in another clip, booty bumps her dad, whose everyday look is just as reminiscent to his signature Robby Ray Stewart style.
Hannah Montana fans will recognize the booty bump as part of Miley and Robby’s father-daughter handshake from the series, as Billy Ray wrote in his own March 10 Instagram post alongside the trailer, “20 years later and @mileycyrus still knows the old handshake trick.”
The infamous handshake dates back to Miley’s final audition for the Disney series, when she was screen testing with potential actors to play her on-screen father.
“After I had been cast, it was time for them to bring in the dads to audition,” Miley recalled in a 2023 TikTok series. “The casting agent had said, ‘Your dad is so cute, it would be amazing if he could actually play your dad on the show.’”
While Miley explained her dad was working on a show in Toronto at the time, her mom Tish worked her magic and got him to fly to California for an audition.
As she recalled, showing off an old tape of her and her dad, “Here’s a video of us doing our handshake.”
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Over the years, Miley has been open about how working with her father wasn’t always easy for her or her family, but shortly after getting cast in the series, the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer emphasized how proud he was to see his daughter shine.
"This is so much fun, you know, getting to work with my daughter," Billy Ray told CBS News in 2007. "As a daddy, to see my little girl go through this, to be part of it, to watch her grow you know not only as an actress but as a young adult—you know being in this part of her life has been one of the most rewarding events of my life.”
For a deeper look at the Hannah Montana cast and where they are now, keep reading…
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Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana / Miley Stewart)
The star of the show is now one of the most popular celebs in the world. The singer and actress went through a bit of a wild phase, chopping off her hair, famously twerking on Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV VMAs and appearing nude or scantily clad in her "Wrecking Ball" video. Hey, she's just being Miley! After splitting from Liam Hemsworth, her co-star in The Last Song, she romanced Kaitlynn Carter and Cody Simpson. She is now dating musician Maxx Morando.
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Emily Osment (Lilly Truscott)
After Hannah Montana ended its four-season run in 2011, the actress went on to voice characters on animated programs like Family Guy and Rainbow Brite and appear on shows such as Mom, Young & Hungry, Cleaners and The Kominsky Method. Her most recent series, Fox's Almost Family, was canceled after one ill-fated season. She also has her own music career.
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Jason Earles (Jackson Stewart)
After Hannah Montana ended, the actor went on to star on shows such as Disney XD's Kickin' It, WTH: Welcome to Howler and Hotel Du Loone. In 2017, he married Katie Drysen.
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Mitchel Musso (Oliver Oken)
The actor appeared on the show Pair of Kings and hosted PrankStars after Hannah Montana ended. In 2011, at age 20, he was arrested for a DUI, after which his character was written off the former show and the latter was canceled. In recent years, he has continued to act and has portrayed characters on the animated programs Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law.
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Moises Arias (Rico)
In recent years, the actor has appeared on shows such as The Middle and Jean-Claude Van Johnson and movies such as Ben-Hur and Pitch Perfect 3. In 2020, he starred in the Pete Davidson-Judd Apatow film The King of Staten Island.
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Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (Ashley Dewitt)
In late 2011, she starred in the Broadway revival of Godspell. She is also a singer—in 2012, the star opened for the Jonas Brothers Asia 2012 tour. In recent years, she has appeared on episodes of shows such as Baby Daddy and Charmed. In November 2018, she got engaged to boyfriend Scott Kline. The two tied the knot the following June with actress Uzo Aduba serving as the maid of honor.
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Shanica Knowles (Amber Addison)
After Hannah Montana ended, the actress went on to appear on shows such as Melissa & Joey, The Young and the Restless and various TV movies, such as Life-Size 2.
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Cody Linley (Jake Ryan)
The star finished fourth on the the seventh season of Dancing With The Stars and released his debut album in 2012. He also continued his acting career—he appeared on two episodes of Melissa & Joey and in the TV movies Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens and Sharknado 5: Global Swarming.
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Billy Ray Cyrus (Robby Ray Stewart)
Miley's onscreen and real-life dad continues to concentrate on his music career. In 2019, he earned his first No. 1 single after joining Lil Nas X on the official remix of the record-breaking smash hit "Old Town Road." In 2016 and 2017, he starred on the show Still the King.
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Noah Cyrus
Miley's little sister appeared on six episodes of Hannah Montana. She began a music career in 2016 and released her debut single, "Make Me (Cry)." In 2018, she dated Lil Xan and they released the collaboration "Live or Die." The two broke up after a couple of months.
She got engaged to designer Pinkus in 2023.
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