Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis is laying her crown down and stepping away from her star-making function as Laurie Strode within the “Halloween” franchise after “Halloween Ends” hits theaters this Friday.
In an essay written for People, Curtis mirrored on what the function of the Haddonfield, Illinois, babysitter-turned-slasher hero has meant to her.
“For 44 years, I have tried to figure out why and how the confluence of a young girl (Laurie Strode) and a monster (Michael Myers) came together in the 13 films titled ‘Halloween’. And this month, as I play Laurie for the last time, in ‘Halloween Ends,’ the final installment of the franchise, I am trying to figure out how to say goodbye to Laurie, who has taught me the meaning of the words ‘resilience,’ ‘loyalty,’ ‘perseverance’ and ‘COURAGE.’”
Curtis famous that her function within the 1978 horror flick opened extra doorways for her appearing profession.
“As I write this, I maintain connecting the dots. If I hadn’t been in ‘Halloween’, I wouldn’t have met John Landis, the director who put me in ‘Trading Places’ and confirmed the world I may be humorous.
That bought me ‘A Fish Called Wanda.’ That led to ‘True Lies,’ which led to ‘Freaky Friday.’ Dot linked, dot linked.”
The “Knives Out” actor stated the chance to play Strode got here at a time when she had simply been fired from her first appearing gig and believed that her profession was over. Curtis “discovered a natural instinct” whereas auditioning for the John Carpenter-directed traditional, additional saying that intuition has guided her profession since.
Curtis has used the character to “represent survivors of all types of unimaginable horror and trauma, pain and suffering, who stand up to tyranny and oppression — real and imagined.”
“It’s now the end for Laurie and me,” Curtis wrote on the finish of her emotional essay. “I’m going to miss her. … I am scared right now, as I hang up my bell-bottoms and say goodbye to ‘Halloween.’ Life is scary. But Laurie taught me that life can also be beautiful, filled with love and art and life!”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”