Jamie Lee Curtis Fangoria Interview 1980
I picked up an old Fangoria Magazine from the used bookstore today. Marked Issue #9 and dated 1980, back when Fangoria was only published bi-monthly.
It featured a small interview with Jamie Lee Curtis. This interview was done after the success of “Halloween” and “The Fog” and before “Halloween II” began shooting.
It’s a good, quick read. I liked it because she is very honest and humble in her approach to working as an actress and just doing horror films because they are the only roles that she has been chosen for. She agrees to do them to further her career and not necessarily because she’s passionate about them. In fact, she admits that she doesn’t even like watching them because they terrify her.
It’s interesting that 30 years ago, it was no big deal for a movie’s lead actor to only express partial interest in the project they were promoting.
Nowadays, everything is so squeaky clean. This would be a publicity nightmare and the actor would be blacklisted.
It’s great to see that Jamie Lee Curtis went on to be a very successful mainstream actress.
Do yourself a favor and watch the first 2 “Halloween” films back to back. They connect seamlessly and make a nice double feature.
Rock On And Be Well — Jasper
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CoolFind! Makes me wanna see “Terror Train” and “Death Ship”!
Comment by dudeonbbq — 2010/07/10 @ 8:04 AM
I appreciate stars that don’t deny their b-movie roots, and even more those who actually embrace it. But you’re right about actors having to go out and do press for their movies today and telling every interviewer how amazing it was to work with the director, how great the story is, blah blah blah, no matter how shitty the movie really is. It’s nice to read some honesty with Jamie Lee Curtis saying that while horror is not her ideal genre, she’s appreciative of the work. And then she came back to do one of the later Halloween sequels as well, even after becoming a “star.” Just like Johnny Depp coming back for a cameo in A Nightmare On Elm Street 6. Definitely didn’t need the work by that point, but they recognized that horror movies gave them their start, and their fanbases began there.
Comment by Mangorilla — 2010/08/12 @ 4:45 PM