Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan Reflect On ‘Freaky Friday’ 20 Years Later, Talk About Sequel

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, the stars of the popular 2003 American comedy Freaky Friday, are planning a sequel two decades after the film’s release. The duo recently reminisced about their time on the movie set in an interview with The New York Times to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the movie.

“As an 11-year-old, The Parent Trap felt so big to me. I threw myself into everything: accents, green screens, playing two people. So I felt comfortable after that. Freaky Friday felt different because I was going through all of the phases of a 16-year-old [but playing a character who was a year younger],” Lohan confessed to the news outlet. “This was the era of Avril Lavigne and punk, and I wanted to experience it. We did white stripes in my hair. I put [the colorist] Tracy Cunningham through hell because I took my nice red hair and just bleached it.”

Jamie Lee Curtis speaks about how she got the role in the movie

Curtis revealed that she clinched the role of Tess Coleman after Annette Bening, who was originally cast for the part, dropped out at the last minute. The 64-year-old was in the middle of a book tour when she was offered the part and thus had few days to arrive on the set. “Had I had all the time in the world to prepare, I don’t think it would’ve been so good. I just had to be in my body,” Curtis confessed to the news outlet. “I was also newly sober, and I was able to have a community within the movie-work world. That was a big deal for me.”

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She also recalled that her most vivid memory during the production of the movie was the time spent with Justin Timberlake. “My strongest memory is the scene where the two of us are in the car eating french fries,” Curtis admitted. “Now, if I get a text out of the blue, ‘Hey, Jamie, it’s Linds,’ I say, ‘Prove it. What was the song we were trying to learn the rap to during Freaky Friday?’ If she answers Justin Timberlake’s ‘Like I Love You,’ then I know it’s Lindsay Lohan.”

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan say they are planning a sequel to ‘Freaky Friday’

In recent months, Curtis and Lohan have expressed their desire to work on an adaptation of Freaky Friday. Curtis hinted in an interview with NYT earlier this year that there is a plan to have a sequel. “As I went around the world with Halloween Ends, people wanted to know if there was going to be another Freaky Friday. Something really touched a chord,” Curtis confessed. “When I came back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It feels like there’s a movie to be made.'”

Also, Lohan revealed that she looks forward to the reboot. “Jamie and I are both open to that, so we’re leaving it in the hands that be,” she confirmed. “We would only make something that people would absolutely adore.”