Why Jamie Lee Curtis' mom wouldn't let her audition for 'The Exorcist' Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM 0 Before she was Laurie Strode, Jamie Lee Curtis almost got an even earlier start in horror. The Oscarwinning "Halloween" star, 67, opened up on "The Drew Barrymore Show" about why she's grateful her mother, screen legend Janet Leigh, wouldn't let her audition for a role in the horror classic "The Exorcist." Curtis explained that one of the producers of the film "was a very good friend of my mother's," so he asked Leigh if her daughter would audition.
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Before she was Laurie Strode, Jamie Lee Curtis almost got an even earlier start in horror.
The Oscar-winning "Halloween" star, 67, opened up on "The Drew Barrymore Show" about why she's grateful her mother, screen legend Janet Leigh, wouldn't let her audition for a role in the horror classic "The Exorcist."
Curtis explained that one of the producers of the film "was a very good friend of my mother's," so he asked Leigh if her daughter would audition.
"At the time, I was probably 12, and cute and kind of sassy," Curtis said. "I had some personality."
Still, Curtis never auditioned because her mom quickly shot down the idea, not wanting her acting career to start at such a young age.
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"My mom really wanted me to have, thank God, a childhood," Curtis noted.
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The "Everything Everywhere All at Once" star said she's grateful for this, telling Barrymore, who was six when she starred in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "I understand you didn't get that option, and people didn't step in and say 'No, she will have a childhood. She will have protection.'"
"The Exorcist," released in 1973, wound up starring Linda Blair as Regan, a young girl who becomes possessed. Curtis didn't make her movie debut until five years later with 1978's "Halloween," which she shot when she was 19. Her casting as Laurie Strode, a babysitter targeted by murderer Michael Myers, was especially notable at the time given her mother was a "scream queen" in her own right, best known for starring as Marion Crane in "Psycho."
Jamie Lee Curtis attends a screening of "Ella McCay" at the Museum of Modern Art on Dec. 2, 2025 in New York City.
Laurie Strode ultimately became Curtis' most iconic role, which she reprised repeatedly over the years, most recently in 2022's "Halloween Ends." The slasher classic also led her to star in several other horror films, including "Prom Night" and "The Fog."
In real life, though, Curtis is famously not a fan of watching horror movies. And it sounds like "The Exorcist" played a role in that aversion.
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Naturi Naughton attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
">Naturi Naughton attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
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Omarion attends Variety Power of Women.
">Omarion attends Variety Power of Women.
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Karrueche Tran attends Variety Power of Women.
">Karrueche Tran attends Variety Power of Women.
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Brenda Song and Kate Hudson attend Variety Power of Women.
">Brenda Song and Kate Hudson attend Variety Power of Women.
" src=https://ift.tt/A9GZCmq class=caas-img>Jenna Dewan and Julianne Hough attend Variety's 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Jenna Dewan and Julianne Hough attend Variety's 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
">Jenna Dewan and Julianne Hough attend Variety's 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Sharon Stone speaks onstage during Variety Power of Women.
">Sharon Stone speaks onstage during Variety Power of Women.
" src=https://ift.tt/ZFf36yB class=caas-img>Jurnee Smollett attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
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Jurnee Smollett attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
">Jurnee Smollett attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
" src=https://ift.tt/Ej5sSuY class=caas-img>Garcelle Beauvais attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
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Garcelle Beauvais attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
">Garcelle Beauvais attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
" src=https://ift.tt/vpE8e5m class=caas-img>Wanda Sykes and Jane Fonda attend Variety's 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Wanda Sykes and Jane Fonda attend Variety's 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
">Wanda Sykes and Jane Fonda attend Variety's 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Oct. 29, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
" src=https://ift.tt/D5RKzrl class=caas-img>Diane Warren attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
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Diane Warren attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
">Diane Warren attends Variety's 2025 Power of Women.
" src=https://ift.tt/PDaJV1f class=caas-img>Sharon Stone and honoree Sydney Sweeney attend Variety Power of Women.
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Sharon Stone and honoree Sydney Sweeney attend Variety Power of Women.
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1 / 50Sydney Sweeney, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kate Hudson more honored at Variety Power of Women
This year's Power of Women event, hosted by Variety and presented by Lifetime, was a reminder to women everywhere to take up space and uplift one another, especially during the tumultuous political times people are living through. "When women thrive, the community thrives. We make everyone around us better, we do," said comedian Wanda Sykes in her speech on Thursday, Oct. 30. "We're at a moment in time where, with everything that's going on in the government, where we need to create projects where life imitates art." This year's Power of Women honorees included Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis (supporting Children's Hospital Los Angeles), "Running Point" actress Kate Hudson (supporting World Food Programme), Tony Award-winning singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger (supporting Special Olympics), Emmy Award-winning comedian Wanda Sykes (supporting the Ruth Ellis Center) and star of the upcoming "Christy" biopic, Sydney Sweeney (supporting the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence). Gymnast and activist Aly Raisman was also honored with the Variety Courage Award, highlighting her advocacy for survivors of abuse.Scroll through for more photos from the night.
"When I was 15, my parents screened 'The Exorcist,' and my friends teased me the next day because I was so freaked out," Curtis previously told Entertainment Weekly. "I loathe being scared by scary movies. I scare so easily. It's the reason that I'm so good at [being in them]. It's a natural response for me."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jamie Lee Curtis almost starred in 'Exorcist' before mom intervened
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