Horror genre legends Jamie Lee Curtis and Drew Barrymore had a chat for The Drew Barrymore Showabout the release of the new movie Halloween ends. Now playing in theaters and on Peacock, Halloween ends serves as the final chapter of a story that first began when Curtis made her debut as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s original film in 1978. Her 44-year-long role in the role differs greatly from Barrymore’s place in the scream franchise, where the actress was shockingly murdered in the opening scenes of the first film.
While Barrymore’s time is in scream was short, her death scene remains one of the most memorable murders of all time. Barrymore went on to explain how she drew a lot of inspiration from Janet LeighJLC’s mother who starred in psychosiswhen it came to her scream performance. Barrymore could not have predicted that at the time scream was going to become such a popular horror franchise, but she still saw the value in introducing herself as presumably the film’s main character and eventually the eventual girl, only to be butchered very early in the story, huge thanks to Leigh in psychosis.
“It’s actually your mom, Janet Leigh, that when I got to deal with Scream was my big influence. To say, I think, which would be great starting — we didn’t realize it would ever become a franchise. was called Scary Movie at the time and I thought the opening scene would hark back to When a Stranger Calls I was like ‘Janet Leigh in Psycho’ If she leaves the movie this early and you lose the star of the movie all bets are off That means everyone is honest in the movie, unlike Halloween, where you were the ultimate reason people should survive, because you don’t want to see them go. You just want to see them go on and on, and that’s what you’ve done with this franchise.”
Jamie Lee Curtis Says Her Entire Career Is Thanks To Halloween Fans
As Barrymore said, while in certain cases there is a place for characters to be killed at the beginning of the film, there are others that horror fans want to see survive. Such has been the case with the Halloween series, because fans are still angry about Laurie being murdered in the controversial sequel Halloween: resurrection. When the horror fans love Curtis, the feeling is mutual as she explains to Barrymore how she owes her entire career to the success of Curtis. Halloween and the long-lasting love and support from the fans.
“The whole reason I have a career, Drew, is because of Laurie Strode. Totally. Everything in my life that’s good, I owe her, and the truth is, my life is their life, because she’s the support and continued support for Laurie Strode for all these years.”
Halloween ends plays in theaters and on Peacock.