{"id":475987,"date":"2025-12-28T00:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T00:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475987\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T00:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T00:28:12","slug":"jamie-lee-curtis-says-thank-god-mom-shut-down-exorcist-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475987\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lee Curtis Says ‘Thank God’ Mom Shut Down ‘Exorcist’ Audition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJamie Lee Curtis<\/a> is thankful her movie star mom made her wait to start acting in horror movies.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring a recent appearance on \u201cThe Drew Barrymore Show\u201d (via People<\/a>), Curtis said that a producer wanted her to audition for \u201cThe Exorcist.\u201d However, her mother, Janet Leigh, shut down the opportunity, protecting her then 12-year-old daughter from early fame and any potential trauma that came with starring in one of the scariest movies ever made.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe called my mom and said, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m producing the movie of the book \u201cThe Exorcist.\u201d Will you let Jamie audition for it?\u2019\u201d Curtis recalled. \u201cAnd at the time I was probably 12 and, like, cute and kind of sassy and I had some personality and I\u2019m sure he saw me at a party and was like, \u2018Oh, she\u2019d be funny.\u2019 And my mother said, \u2018No.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe then told host Barrymore, \u201cMy mom really wanted me to have, thank God, a childhood, which I understand you didn\u2019t get. You didn\u2019t get that option.\u201d Barrymore\u2019s first role was in \u201cE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.\u201d She was just seven years old playing Elliot\u2019s younger sister. <\/p>\n

\n\tLinda Blair would ultimately be cast as the possessed child, Regan. She was nominated at the 1974 Acadmey Awards for best supporting actor for the role.<\/p>\n

\n\tCurtis would eventually become synonymous with the horror genre, first breaking out in the 1978 classic \u201cHalloween\u201d at age 19. In the coming years, Curtis starred in films like \u201cThe Fog,\u201d \u201cProm Night,\u201d and \u201cTerror Train.\u201d She most recently reprised her 1978 \u201cHalloween\u201d role, Laurie, for 2022\u2019s \u201cHalloween Ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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