Curtis, who reprises her role as Lohan’s mother in the film, told me that the Freaky Friday sequel did not feel like a reunion with Lohan because “we’ve always been united”.
“I take my job seriously and when I’m the mother or elder to a young actor I take great responsibility to make sure they can always count on my friendship and love,” she says.
“We’ve been united all the away from her teens to her twenties and just recently she bought her baby to meet me in LA.”
The actor, who won an Oscar for superhero comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2023, says that the film’s themes of understanding and sympathy are very important right now.
“Understanding is in short supply right now in the world and this film shows that if you can experience each other’s life then maybe you will find some common ground with each other.”
As well as being fun and silly, Curtis adds that the film touches upon the theme of loss which “creates empathy as that’s a universal feeling”.
The 66-year-old said it was her idea to make the sequel and she had contacted Disney recently to say it was time to create it. She had to wait two decades because “we needed Lindsay to be old enough to have a 15-year-old child in the film”.
Chad Michael Murray reprises his role as the noughties heartthrob Jake and newcomer Julia Butters plays Lohan’s on-screen daughter.
More broadly, Freakier Friday is part of a trend of sequels being announced and released.
Last week, a follow-up to Bend it like Beckham was released and there is a lot of anticipation for the Devil Wears Prada sequel.
Freakier Friday is out on Friday 8 August.