Breaking News: Duff Out, Grimes In on 90210 Redux!

• Apr 28, 2008 10:41 PM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Guess Hilary Duff wasn't into that whole 90210 thing after all.

Although the actress/singer had been approached to join the show's growing cast, a spokesperson for the project confirms that Shenae Grimes of Degrassi: The Next Generation has nabbed the role allegedly earmarked for Duff.

Grimes will play Brenda Walsh Annie Mills, a theater-loving teen who relocates to Beverly Hills from Kansas with her adoptive bro and their parents - one of whom will be played by Lori Loughlin.