Lindsay Lohan
“Freaky Friday” sequel is getting closer
Soon to be reunited: Jamie Lee Curtis (l.) and Lindsay Lohan in 2003 in “Freaky Friday”
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“Freaky Friday” is coming back: Lindsay Lohan is looking forward to working with Jamie Lee Curtis for the sequel to the 2003 cult comedy.
Actress Lindsay Lohan (37) can hardly wait to film with Jamie Lee Curtis (65) again. The former child star revealed to People magazine that the late sequel to “Freaky Friday” is “in the works.” “I’m just excited to work with Jamie again and see how far we can take it,” Lohan said.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis speak almost every day
However, Lindsay Lohan couldn’t say when filming for the “Freaky Friday” sequel would begin – nor whether a finished script even existed. What Lohan does know is that she will have fun on set with Jamie Lee Curtis. After all, according to Lohan, the two actresses talk to each other “almost every day” about this and that.
In 2003, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan appeared together in “Freaky Friday.” They played a mother-daughter duo who swap bodies through magical fortune cookies. Lindsay Lohan celebrated her final breakthrough as a teen star with the fantasy comedy.
For the 20th birthday: This is how the “Freaky Friday” sequel got going
News of a sequel to the body swap comedy first surfaced in 2023. Jamie Lee Curtis said that during the promotional tour for “Halloween Ends,” she was constantly asked about “Freaky Friday,” which celebrated its 20th anniversary that year. Curtis then called her “friends at Disney.” “I have the feeling that a film needs to be made,” she said to them, as the Oscar winner revealed to the “Times”.
The author Elyse Hollander should according to industry insiders from The Hollywood Reporter been entrusted with the script for the sequel to the body switch comedy.