Jamie Lee Curtis Reflects on 'Emotional' Goodbye to Laurie Strode With 'Halloween Ends' (Exclusive)
12.10.2022 - 19:13
/ etonline.com
Jamie Lee Curtis originated the role of Laurie Strode in the 1978 film, the franchise is coming to a close with. The film, which is the final installment in director David Gordon Green’s trilogy, also marks Lee’s last turn as the former babysitter stalked by the masked killer Michael Myers.
Ahead of the film’s debut in theater and on Peacock on Oct. 14, Curtis reveals to ET that saying goodbye has been “filled with emotions” for multiple reasons.
“It’s multifaceted in emotions because on one hand, I’m saying bye to just literally the physical crew I work with, my director I’ve directed movies with and this community of artists that I work with everyday,” she says. “Then, I’m ultimately saying goodbye, if you’re a fan, to you. I’m saying goodbye and I’m saying thank you all at the same time,” Curtis continues.
Not only that, but “everything good in my life is from Laurie Strode,” the 63-year-old actress says. With marking her on-screen acting debut at 20 years old, Curtis went on to become the horror genre’s ultimate “scream queen” (or “final girl”) before launching an award-winning career on film and TV that spanned nearly five decades. Despite playing Laurie in multiple films since then, Gordon rebooted the franchise in 2018, with a new film that was a direct sequel to the original.
The 2018 then was followed by two more films, and, with the latter bringing this version of the story to a close. “There’s nothing in my life that doesn’t trace back to Laurie Strode. And so, to say goodbye to her permanently is incredibly emotional, filled with gratitude, filled with wonder and amazement,” Curtis continues, explaining what it means to be “talking about her and what she’s meant to people.” Of course, there were other
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