When How I Met Your Mother closed the chapter on Stella and Ted's romance, it left a little window open in the episode "As Fast As You Can," in which Future Ted revealed that Stella's husband Tony became a successful screenwriter, after being inspired by the events that led Tony to win back Stella from Ted, which is consequently the premise of his hit movie The Wedding Bride. And it wasn't long before fans started to speculate that Stella would soon resurface on the show.
Earlier this year,
TV Guide reported that there's a big chance Stella's portrayer, Sarah Chalke, will return on
How I Met Your Mother, though executive producer Craig Thomas was understandably coy on the subject, considering Chalke is busy playing Dr. Elliot Reid on ABC's
Scrubs. But now
Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Stella will in fact resurface.
How I Met Your Mother to Release The Wedding Bride in May There might be a little twist, though. The show is actually looking for "someone to play someone playing Stella in a movie-within-the show." And it's not clear yet if Chalke herself will be back. If and when Chalke decides to return on How I Met Your Mother, it poses the question of whether
Ted and Stella are the ones getting back together.
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