It’s been 40 years since the originalHalloweenmovie came out, butJamie Lee Curtissays making the latest sequel actually felt “weirdly” similar.
In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at the 59-year-old actress’ upcoming interview withDateline, Curtis — who is reprising her role as Laurie Strode in thelatestHalloweenfilm— opened up about the similarities between working on the two films, including the size of her paycheck.
“Weirdly enough, it’s not that different,” Curtis shared. “Halloweenin 1978 was a band of young guerilla filmmakers, and it was fast and furious.”
Thescream queenwent on to add that although the film went on to spawn a massive franchise, that didn’t mean working on the movie translated into a massive payday.
“There was no money. I got paid $8,000 for the movieHalloween,” she remarked.
And how much did Curtis make for the film’s newest sequel?
“I got paid scale,” she shared. “$14,000 was what I was paid.”
Curtis also opened up about inheriting the scream queen title from her mother Janet Leigh, who famously played theshower scene victimin the classic moviePsycho.
“It’s been a wacky little curio of my life,” the actress explained, adding that when she was growing up, she didn’t even “like those kinds of movies.”
“So it’s interesting to me that I followed my mom doing that. But It’s a unique, little weird bond with her,” she remarked.
While appearing at San Diego Comic-Con last month, Curtis also opened up about how, despite the years, her character isstill the same girlaudiences know and love.
“She’s the same girl 40 years later, she’s just been through a heck of a lot, like we all have,” the actress said. “You peel the onion of any person in this room, you will find trauma, you will find issues of sadness and loss and grief and great joy and happiness and drunkenness and misbehavior, but it’s human interaction.”
“That’s what makes going to the movies so powerful. We look up [at the screen], we relate and we let out all the anxiety that we’re carrying,” she added.
During the event, Curtis went on to share how excited she was to be able tobring back the memorable horror franchiseto a new generation.
“When I was 19 years old, on the streets of Los Angeles and Pasadena, we made this little movie,” the mother of two said. “Now 40 years later we’re at Comic-Con announcing a new movie in 2018. It is mind-blowing and I am privileged beyond measure.”
Jamie Lee Curtis’ fullDatelineinterview airs Friday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC. The newHalloweenis in theaters Oct. 19.
source: people.com
