The actress walked the red carpet at the 2023 Golden Globes and talked about the possibility of returning to Disney
Jamie Lee Curtis announced during the 2023 Golden Globes carpet that she would be willing to make the sequel to Freaky Friday and confessed that her co-star, Lindsay Lohan, is also interested in continuing with the project that represented a success for Disney in 2003.
It was in a talk with Variety during the awards ceremony, where the actress from Everything Everywhere at the Same Time did not rule out the possibility of taking the plot of the well-known film that portrayed the story of a mother and daughter who swapped their bodies one step further. by a strange magic, to delve into an adventure that would teach them about empathy and self-knowledge.
“I am more than ready, yes, absolutely,” Jamie assured in the first instance.
Regarding a tentative date for this film to be confirmed, the artist mentioned that everything depended on the response that the company gave her since she was not the only actress interested in making it happen.
“That's not up to me (when it might happen), I think that's up to Disney. I know Lindsay (Lohan) wants to do it, I want to do it too, ”she assured.
However, this is not the first time that the well-known modern horror film actress has spoken about the possibility of returning hand in hand with the protagonist of Game of Twins or Mean Girls, because in October 2022 the famous told in an interview for The View who had already entered into some conversations to carry out the second part of Freaky Friday.
“I already wrote to Disney, to my friends at Disney. I'm in his new Haunted Mansion movie. Let me be the grandmother! Let me be the old grandmother who changes places. So Lindsay becomes the granny, who is still happy with Mark Harmon. I would like to see Lindsay be the granny and I would like to see myself trying to deal with little kids today. I want to be a helicopter mom in today's world, like an old lady," Jamie said at the time.
During her time on the red carpet at the 2023 Golden Globes, Jamie Lee Curtis stood out for wearing a black jumpsuit with an extravagant and elegant black cape that reached her heels. In the same way, she posed with the classic short platinum hair and as accessories, she wore a pair of bracelets.
What is the origin of the movie "Freaky Friday"
The film that became popular in the early 2000s and that set a precedent for generations of children who viewed Disney content dates back to a novel of the same name and was written by Mary Rodgers in 1972.
The plot consists of a mother and her daughter who swap bodies after going to a Chinese restaurant and eating a fortune cookie.
This sudden and magical change causes both of them to literally place themselves "at each other's feet", which causes them to begin to understand the difficulties that each one experiences in her daily life.
Jamie and Lindsay Lohan's version is the third Disney adaptation, but it quickly became a crowd favorite due to the great performances by the two performers.