Originally appeared on E! Online
“Freaky Friday” was anything but a fun-sucker.
Indeed, the 2003 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Chad Michael Murray and Mark Harmon has become a fan-favorite over the years — so much so that it received a sequel, “Freakier Friday,” in 2025. (“Freakier Friday” is available on digital Oct. 7 and Blu-ray Nov. 11.)
But for Curtis, the original movie bears special weight.
“It was an unexpected moment for me professionally,” she explained in a clip included in the “Freakier Friday” bonus features. “And then it became this pivoting moment for me professionally, because the movie was such an enormous worldwide success.”
Murray, too, looks back on the movie as a career high, the word coming to his mind when he thinks of the film being “nostalgia.”
“You know, 22 years ago, making a movie,” the “One Tree Hill” alum began, “I was new to town, and I got the opportunity to come and work with Jamie Lee and Lindsay, and just go make a movie that hit on so many levels, and so many people could identify with the story.”
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In fact, all the movie’s stars look back at that time of their lives with a special fondness. For Lohan, throughout her time on set, she remembers feeling “really excited.”
“We were just having such a great time, all the time,” she added. “I only have really happy memories of being on set.”
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And indeed, when it was time to reunite two decades later, those good vibes only continued — especially for the film’s two leading actresses.
As Lohan told E! News of Curtis in April, “We’ve stayed close over the years, so going to work together again was such a beautiful experience. It’s like working with your best friend. So it’s really nice.”
Plus, Lohan — who is mom to son Luai, 2, with husband Bader Shammas — had fun revisiting her character in a new stage of life.
“To have Anna, you know, grow up and now be a mom,” she said, “the movie was really nice to be able to bring that part of her life to life.”
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis were always open to a “Freaky Friday” sequel, but Jamie Lee had one specific request before joining the project.
