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Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals She Has 'Secret Questions' For Celebrities Who Text Her To Test If It's Really Them
Jamie Lee Curtis has had a fairly illustrious film career spanning almost 45 years.
And if her acclaimed performance in this year's Everything Everywhere All At Once and the forthcoming release of Halloween Ends, once more playing the iconic Laurie Strode, are any indication she won't be leaving the big screen any time soon.
Her impressive roster of past co-stars, not to mention being the child of Hollywood royalty Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and the husband of revered writer/director Christopher Guest, would lead one to assume she has an enviable number of celebrities in her contact list.
But as she recently told Rolling Stone, when she gets a text message from a celebrity out of the blue, she can't always trust it's actually them.
"I get a text from that person out of the blue, I'm very protective."
'"Hey, Jamie, it's so-and-so'."
"I understand there's a lot of bullsh*t out in the world, and a lot of fakery, and people pretending to be people."
With this in mind, the True Lies star shared how she has a fool proof plan to determine whether or not it is the actual film, TV or recording star who is contacting her.
"So, I have secret questions."
"I go to my secret question right away so that, if they answer it, I know it's them."
"And if they don't, I know it's a fishing expedition."
Curtis then shared what she would ask her Freaky Friday co-star as an example.
"If I tell you this, then I'm going to have to come up with another for her."
"But my question, up until today, for Lindsay is, 'What was the song that we were both trying to learn the rap to in the car when we were shooting the car scene?' "
"And that would be the Justin Timberlake song 'Like I Love You'."
"There's a rap in the middle of it by Clipse, and the two of us were sitting in the car starting and stopping the tape player, that's how long ago it was, learning, 'Ma, what you want to do? I'm in front of you/Grab a friend, see I can have fun with two'."
Curtis also shared she has the perfect question for her Knives Out co-star and former 007, Daniel Craig, though she was a bit more vague on the answer to this one.
"If for some reason Daniel texted me, I would say, 'What was the last gift you gave me?'"
"But I'm not going to tell you what it is, because then I would have to change that with him."
"It's something only he would know."
As evidenced by a past appearance on The Late Late Show, Curtis would likely be able to acquit herself quite well should the tables ever be turned and one of her celebrity friends forced a quiz on her.
Movie Trivia w/ Jamie Lee Curtis & Chris Pineyoutu.be
Curtis was able to correctly answer a question regarding her favorite film, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, as well as identify the author of the source novel on which Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was based.
Curtis also had no trouble identifying the unforgettable voice of Gene Kelly singing "Singin' in the Rain."
The only question Curtis was unable to correctly answer was naming Daniel Day-Lewis' character in There Will Be Blood.
Following the release of Halloween in 1978, Curtis openly admitted to Rolling Stone she never imagined she would appear in one sequel to the slasher classic, let alone six.
"I thought it was the end years ago."
"The last thing in the world I thought I would ever do again was a Halloween movie."
"[Then] I was sitting in my house and the phone rang, and it was Jake Gyllenhaal."
"He said, 'Hey, my friend David [Gordon Green] would like to talk to you'.”
"Now, I’ve made three of them in five years."
While Curtis confirmed Halloween Ends will be the final film of the "Halloween Trilogy" as 2018's Halloween acted as a direct sequel to the 1978 original and ignored the previous nine sequels and spinoffs, she was unwilling to confirm this would be her final appearance as Laurie Strode.
"It is the end of this trilogy, for sure."
"And yet this year is my Beatles birthday [64], and I feel more alive than I have ever felt."
"So to assume that in 10 years I won’t feel even more alive would then bring a question of, 'Well, why not?'."
Curtis also shared how humbled she was by the fact her returning at the age of 60 to the role she first played at 20 proved to unexpectedly break barriers.
"I was promoting Halloween [in] 2018 when the statistic came out that it was the most money made in a movie starring a woman over 50."
"It’s not like I’ve been an active feminist throughout my life, [but] there was a moment of real pride in that."
"I’ve also seen the meme going around saying that they’re going to do Halloween when I’m 80, and it’s funny."
"So we’ll see if I can kick down the door of 80s.""I mean, Jane Fonda is doing it, for f*ck’s sake."
"So maybe I have a shot."Based on the legion of fans who shared they will never tire of seeing her battle the horrific Michael Myers on Twitter, a future Halloween with an 80-year-old Laurie Strode seems to be a guaranteed blockbuster.
\u201c@jamieleecurtis Love it!! Can\u2019t wait!!\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1661516170
\u201c@jamieleecurtis Take it to him Jamie. This is your time for revenge.\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1661516170
\u201c@jamieleecurtis Yes!!!!\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1661516170
\u201c@jamieleecurtis @halloweenmovie I'm ready but I'm not ready. I'm not ready to say goodbye to @jamieleecurtis I don't want Michael or Laurie to die. It's been such a honor to watch you play this character for decades.\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1664289816
\u201c@jamieleecurtis @halloweenmovie ME, we are starving.\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1664289816
\u201c@jamieleecurtis @halloweenmovie Can\u2019t wait !!!\ud83d\ude31looks good looks like this will be scary n intense the finale showdown how will it End?\ud83e\udd14 tho it\u2019ll upsetting we won\u2019t have any more Micheal movies (for a while\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1664289816
\u201c@jamieleecurtis @halloweenmovie @peacocktv I can\u2019t wait to see this final chapter of Halloween. I\u2019ve been a big fan of the franchise since 1978 when I was 13. Now I watch it with my two sons. John Carpenter is a genius and Jamie Lee Curtis is the best. Happy Halloween \ud83c\udf83\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1664290737
\u201c@jamieleecurtis @halloweenmovie @peacocktv \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d Ohhh omg that's gonna be a badass movie,Omg I can't wait to see it I'm Soo Soo excited for this,Thank you soo Soo much for sharing this Jamie\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude03\ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf83I loveeeee it Soo much already love you all lots \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0fXxxx\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1664290737
\u201c@jamieleecurtis @halloweenmovie @peacocktv My tradition is to wait till Halloween night to watch the new movies but I honestly dont know how I'll be able to hold off this time!\u201d— Jamie Lee Curtis (@Jamie Lee Curtis) 1664290737
Halloween Ends will be released on October 14 and will be available to stream on Peacock the same day.