The 2000s teen idol chats with Glamour about once again starring on a popular soap opera (Netflix’s Sullivan’s Crossing), reuniting with his Freaky Friday costars, and which of his iconic roles he’d love to revisit next.

Chad Michael Murray, known for One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and Freakier Friday, had a near-death experience at 15. He said it set him on the path to acting. Hospitalized for months with twisted intestines and internal bleeding,

The former One Tree Hill heartthrob’s presence here is more than a nostalgia play — it’s the movie’s funniest recurring gag.