Jamie Lee Curtis says she’s realized loads from Lindsay Lohan since reuniting for “Freakier Friday,” the a lot buzzed-about sequel to 2003’s “Freaky Friday.”

“She has taught me a lot,” Curtis advised Selection‘s Marc Malkin on Thursday on the Las Culturistas Tradition Awards on the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. “She has her staff, the place her two folks can be standing on both aspect of a digital camera holding an enormous gentle. It’s Lindsay lighting — that might have been good branding — they maintain lights in order that we glance higher. So, I’ve realized loads from her already. We had fun. We love one another.”  

The unique film, based mostly on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel of the identical title, follows mother-daughter duo Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) switching our bodies. The brand new story encompasses a “multigenerational twist” that options Anna as a mother.

“It’s a film for at present,” Curtis mentioned of the second installment. “It’s a completely satisfied, nostalgic, humorous, candy, heartfelt, Disney film proper on the finish of the summer season. There haven’t been a whole lot of motion pictures for ladies, and it is a love letter to each mom, grandma, sister, cousin and daughter.”

Curtis and Lohan will likely be joined by returning solid members Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao. Moreover, “The Acolyte” star Manny Jacinto, “By no means Have I Ever” breakout Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Sophia Hammons and Julia Butters can even seem within the sequel.

Andrew Gunn, who produced the primary film, is producing the sequel alongside former Disney govt Kristin Burr, with a script from “Dollface” creator Jordan Weiss. Nisha Ganatra directs the movie. Curtis, Nathan Kelly, Ann Marie Sanderlin and Lohan additionally function govt producers. 

“Freakier Friday” is in theaters Aug. 8.

Curtis additionally talked about her current and second Emmy nomination for her work as Donna on “The Bear” following her win final yr. “I can’t consider it,” Curtis mentioned, including, “It’s simply stunning. It’s a gorgeous present and I’m thrilled to be part of it. I adore it. I’m a fan of the present. I used to be a fan from the start and so I simply love the tales they inform and the characters they create.”

As for the potential of a Donna spinoff, Curtis insisted, “By no means, by no means.”

Simply hours earlier than the Las Culturistas Tradition Awards carpet, it was introduced that Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Present” present was being cancelled. “It’s dangerous,” Curtis supplied. “I’m excited that I’ll get to be on his present in about two weeks. I’ve by no means been on his present. I actually like him. He’s good and humorous and a stunning human. It’s terrible.”

The Las Culturistas Tradition Awards air Aug. 5 on Bravo and subsequent day on Peacock.  

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