How I Met Your Mother's Barney Was Written With A Specific Actor In Mind (Not Neil Patrick Harris)

Before Neil Patrick Harris perfectly brought life to Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, the show's creators had another actor in mind for the part.
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The Real Barney Stinson Never Appeared In How I Met Your Mother

If Ted Mosby is an unreliable narrator, then the Barney Stinson we see in How I Met Your Mother could be an inaccurate exaggeration. Across nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother, Ted recounted the ...
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“How I Met Your Mother”’s Barney Stinson Had 1 Surprising Sci-Fi Influence

On the new episode of the How We Made Your Mother podcast, How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas and episode writer Chris Harris explain how Barney’s backstory was inspired by Darth Vader ...
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"He Just Wants Ted's Approval": 'How I Met Your Mother' Creator Unpacks Barney's Desperation To Be Liked

Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) sits behind a laptop with a stunned expression as Ted (Josh Radnor), Lily (Alyson Hannigan), and Marshall (Jason Segel) stand around him looking shocked as they turn their ...