Jamie Lee Curtis (L); Janet Leigh.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; S Granitz/WireImage
Like mother, like daughter!
On Saturday,Jamie Lee Curtisopened up to PEOPLE about how it feels to be nominated in the same Academy Awards category as her mother,Janet Leigh, in what she calls “a lineage link.”
“You know, I didn’t think about that,” Curtis, 64, said at the Independent Spirit Awards of her best supporting actress Oscar nomination. “I mean, I knew it, I was aware of it. I never thought that would happen. Like my parents and their fame and their stardom was so legendary that I’ve never felt like I would be anywhere near the level. It’s a beautiful link. It’s a lineage link.”
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis in 1991.
Curtisearned her first Academy Award nominationback in January for her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre inEverything Everywhere All at Once. Curtis' nomination comes more than 60 years after her mother Leigh was nominated in the same category for her work inPsycho. The year before, Curtis' father Tony Curtis earned a nod in the best actor category forThe Defiant Ones.
“Now, yes, I have my own legacy and my own life,” Curtis says. “But my life, which is my real life, and the fantasy life of showoff business, is not something that I sort of put much attention to.”
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“Certainly at theSAG Awards, I thought of my parents,” she adds. “There they were. I wore the ring that my dad gave my mom. I found it in a drawer, and I thought, ‘I’m going to wear my parents’ wedding ring to theSAG Awards.' They were SAG members. It was wonderful.”
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While it’ll be another week until Curtis finds out if she took home the Oscar — which she’s in the running for againstBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever’sAngela Bassett,The Whale’sHong Chau,The Banshees of Inisherin’sKerry Condon, andEverything Everywhere All at Once’sStephanie Hsu— Curtis has already saluted her parents during award season.
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Curtis has beenpaying tribute to her pastin more ways than just one, as well. Last month, the actress opened up toVarietyat the Producers Guild Awards about the potential of aFreaky Fridaysequel, in which she revealed “it’s going to happen.”
“Without saying there’s anything officially happening, I’m looking at you in this moment and saying, ‘Of course, it’s going to happen.’ It’s going to happen,” Curtis said.
While the project hasn’t been officially announced, Curtis has been teasing the possibility of aFreaky Fridayfollow-up for quite some time now. Back in November,the star told PEOPLEthat she wanted to work withLindsay Lohan, 36, again, and that there was “a lot of good talk going on” regarding a sequel to Mark Waters' 2003 adaptation of Mary Rodgers' 1972 novel, which also had a landmark 1976 film version plus a 1995 made-for-tv remake.
“There would be nothing I would love more, honestly, than to be able to work with her again, share our time again, and now be able to share it at this age with both of us 20 years older, or whatever we are,” Curtis said at the time.
source: people.com
