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Five years earlier Jamie Lee Curtis made her breakout capacity successful Halloween, nan shriek queen astir sewage her onscreen commencement successful different scary classic.
The Oscar victor precocious recalled her precocious mother Janet Leigh turning down an audition for nan 12-year aged Curtis to prima arsenic nan young possessed Regan MacNeil successful nan 1973 William Friedkin-helmed movie, which was based connected William Peter Blatty’s ’71 novel, aft shaper and friend Ray Stark wanted nan preteen to publication for nan role.
“He called my mom and said, ‘Hey, I’m producing nan movie of nan book The Exorcist. Will you fto Jamie audition for it?'” she said connected The Drew Barrymore Show. “And astatine nan clip I was astir apt 12 and, like, tiny and benignant of sassy and I had immoderate personality, and I’m judge he saw maine astatine a statement and was like, ‘Oh, she’d beryllium funny.’ And my mother said, ‘No.'”
Curtis acknowledged that Barrymore was not afforded nan aforesaid “protection” arsenic a kid actor, explaining, “My mom really wanted maine to person — convey God — a childhood, which I understand you didn’t get. You didn’t get that option.”
Linda Blair yet landed nan portion of Regan successful nan film, reprising nan domiciled for nan ’77 sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (and moreover poking nosy astatine nan franchise pinch Leslie Nielsen successful nan 1990 parody Repossessed).
With nan Exorcist franchise releasing six installments complete nan years, arsenic good arsenic a 2016-’17 Fox series, Scarlett Johansson has signed connected for nan upcoming reboot from writer/director Mike Flanagan and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.
