Los Angeles, March 15 – Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis has revealed that she would not have agreed to star in the new ‘Halloween’ movie if she had known it was part of a trilogy.
The 67-year-old actress agreed to star in David Gordon Green’s ‘Halloween’, the sequel to her 1978 film, for Blumhouse productions, but admitted she had no idea she would be expected to take part in two follow-up films, according to ‘Female First UK’.
However, Jamie Lee Curtis, who later starred in ‘Halloween Kills’ and ‘Halloween Ends’, decided to use the movies to help her secure a development deal with Jason Blum of Blumhouse.
According to Variety, during the SXSW panel, “If Not Now, When, If Not Me, Who? Pivoting and Manifesting,” she said, “The only reason I’m sitting in this chair today is because of Jason. Jason Blum, who runs Blumhouse, is the one who brought back the ‘Halloween’ movies. If they had come to me and said it was going to be a trilogy, I don’t think I would have said yes. Jason Blum is notoriously cheap.”
“How do you make low-budget movies? You don’t pay people. That’s the model. While we were editing and doing the mix, David said, ‘You know it’s a trilogy’. I was like, ‘Uh, no’. I went to Jason Blum and said, ‘I have some ideas, maybe you could give me a first look deal, just pay me a little money’.” She added, “I said to Jason, ‘How about a little development deal?’ And I owed him two ‘Halloween’ movies, so what was he going to say? Jason Blum gave me a vanity deal,”.
According to ‘Female First UK’, she went on to explain that she wanted the deal in order to work with filmmaker Russell Goldman.
She went on to hire Goldman for her Comet Pictures company, and they are premiering his debut film, “Sender,” at SXSW.
And, while she has branched out from horror since ‘Halloween’, the actress will always have a special love for the genre.