In out latest installment of ‘Rewind,’ we take a trip back to 1980 via a compelling video interview with Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis, who discusses with interviewer and filmmaker Mick Garris (for the Fantasy Film Festival) her feelings at being attached to John Carpenter’s seminal classic, as well as her 1980 slasher films Terror Train, Prom Night, and Road Games.
“I was so thrilled to get it,” offered the then twenty-year old Lee enthusiastically in reference to landing the part of final girl ‘Laurie Strode’ in Halloween. “You know I must tell you, when you get your first movie and you’re looking through the script, and you keep turning the pages and you seeing your character’s name on it. I mean, ‘Laurie,’ ‘Laurie,’ ‘Laurie!’ I mean, it was exciting to me! I just kept turning the pages, and there was more and more!”
Check out the video below. Lee’s historic vivaciousness, wit and charm contained within is entirely contagious, as is her pride at having worked on the handful of previously mentioned horror films, which helped to define her early career.