Why Jamie Lee Curtis Informed Allison Janney to “Go F–k” Herself Throughout Pantless Look
Jamie Lee Curtis nearly skilled a superb day for an exorcism.
The Freaky Friday star revealed that as a preteen she was requested to audition for the Nineteen Seventies horror basic The Exorcist by producer Ray Stark, who was additionally a pal of her mom Janet Leigh.
“He referred to as my mother and mentioned, ‘Hey, I am producing the film of the e-book The Exorcist. Will you let Jamie audition for it?’” she recalled to host Drew Barrymore on a current episode of The Drew Barrymore Present. “On the time I used to be in all probability 12 and, like, cute and sort of sassy and I had some persona and I am positive he noticed me at a celebration and was like, ‘Oh, she’d be humorous.’”
However Janet—who shared Jamie and Kelly Curtis, 69, with ex-husband Tony Curtis—instructed the producer “no.”
Based on Jamie, her mom—a famed actress in her personal proper—had an excellent motive for the choice, telling Drew, “My mother actually wished me to have, thank God, a childhood.”
