Jamie Lee Curtis became honest about why the sequel to Freaky Friday It took 22 years to make.
The 66-year-old actress, who co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in the 2003-hit-comedy movie, revealed the real reason behind the long wait for the new movie, Freakier Friday.
In a recent chat about That one show Wednesday Halloween Actress shared that they had to wait for Lindsay to age enough so she could play the role of a mother of a teenage child to play her role in reboot.
Curtis admitted that she was waiting for follow -up film herself.
“The truth is that Lindsay had to be old enough to have a 15-year-old daughter,” Curtis said, noticing, “People would ask me about the movie again and again.”
She continued to say, “And eventually someone in Australia said, ‘Well, she’s’ and I was like ‘what do you mean?’ Because I know her like this young girl so I don’t know how old she is.
After the short recognition that Lindsay can actually play the role she decided right now to make the sequel.
“So someone told me and I was like ‘oh! Maybe we can make the movie. Let’s go!'”
It is relevant to mention that at that time Lindsay first played the role of Anna Coleman in Freaky FridayShe was only 15 years old. Curtis portrayed the role of on screen Mother Tess Coleman.
Freakier Friday is ready to hit theaters on August 8th.
