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08.05 / 08:49
How Trading Places Broke Jamie Lee Curtis Out Of The Horror Genre
Trading Places helped Jamie Lee Curtis break free of the horror genre and her «Scream Queen» typecasting. Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, the latter of whom appeared in one of horror's most iconic scenes in 1960's Psycho. Curtis was a relative unknown when she appeared in John Carpenter's Halloween, which became a landmark in the slasher genre and led to countless imitations and rip-offs. Despite the success and acclaim of Halloween, Curtis got little work off of it, with Carpenter then writing a role specifically for her in The Fog to give his friend a job.
