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Jamie Lee Curtis Had 1 Major Condition for Filming ‘Freakier Friday'

Jamie Lee Curtis Had 1 Major Condition for Filming ‘Freakier Friday'

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Jamie Lee Curtis had one major condition before agreeing to star in the Freaky Friday sequel, Freakier Friday. In an interview with the Associated Press, the actress said the film was a 'love letter to Los Angeles' following the Palisades wildfires that ravaged Southern California in early 2025, and that she refused to film it in a less expensive location as many movie and TV productions do.
'The original movie was, and I knew that the sequel had to be filmed in Los Angeles,' Curtis, 66, said. 'I told Disney I would not shoot it in Atlanta. I would not shoot it in Vancouver. If they didn't get the tax credit, I wasn't going to make the movie.'
Curtis explained that the house used for Lindsay Lohan's character Anna Coleman's home in the 2003 Freaky Friday remake of the 1976 classic that starred Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris, 'burnt to the ground' in the Palisades fires.
'So, I feel—made me cry—I feel particularly proud that I really lobbied and took a stand that we had to shoot it here and that we were able to shoot it in these beautiful places,' she explained. 'And that we will now forever, because of movies, see what the Pacific Palisades looked like before this horrific fire.'
Lohan agreed that the sequel film was a homage to the city. In a May interview with Elle, Lohan said, 'The film is such an homage to California after the fires, because we shot a lot in the Palisades and in Malibu. Even the house — the original Freaky Friday house — unfortunately, is gone. So I think it'll be a really nice love letter.'
Lohan noted that the local filming location was also a nice perk for the crew members, who were able to 'go back home to their families' each night.
Freakier Friday hits theaters on Aug. 8.Jamie Lee Curtis Had 1 Major Condition for Filming 'Freakier Friday' first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 30, 2025
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