Freakier Friday was more durable to make than Freaky Friday as a result of the sequel centered on two adults as a substitute of an grownup and an adolescent, Jamie Lee Curtis has mentioned.
The 66-year-old actress has returned as Tess Coleman alongside Lindsay Lohan’s Anna Coleman for the Disney comedy, and Curtis has now defined that the unique 2003 film – which noticed her character swap our bodies along with her teenage daughter – was simpler to make than Freakier Friday as a result of “black-and-white” variations between adults and youngsters.
She defined to ComicBook.com: “In Freaky Friday, it’s very easy – grownup, teenager. Adults arise like this, youngsters stoop. It was so black-and-white, so clear.
“On this, it’s a way more delicate shift, and we needed to discover it with phrases, and language, and physique conduct, and mannerisms and stuff. So, that’s far more difficult as a result of it’s not as simple to suppose that you just’re getting it proper.”
Curtis added the dynamic she has along with her step-granddaughter Lily Davies (Sophie Hammons) – with whom she swaps our bodies with in Freakier Friday – wasn’t one thing she was used to, and in contrast it to her expertise taking part in Donna Berzatto in The Bear’s second season.
She mentioned: “With Donna, I knew I used to be getting it proper as a result of I do know her. I don’t know a Lily. I actually don’t, so it was more durable for me to ensure I used to be really getting it proper.”
In Freakier Friday, mother-daughter duo Tess (Curtis) and Anna Coleman (Lohan) discover themselves swapping our bodies as soon as once more – solely this time, the chaos spreads to different members of the family.
As Tess navigates life as a grandmother and Anna juggles motherhood, the household scrambles to reverse the mix-up at first unravels.
The film – which hits cinemas on August 8, 2025 – additionally stars Chad Michael Murray, Julia Butters, Manny Jacinto and Mark Harmon.
Lohan lately admitted she “by no means thought” she would star in a Freaky Friday sequel.
Reflecting on Freakier Friday, the 39-year-old actress instructed ELLE journal: “I’m excited. It feels surreal. I’ve by no means thought I might do a film the place there can be a sequel.
“It’s one thing you don’t actually take into consideration. After which while you get to do it, and produce a personality that you just knew so properly again to life, in a way, it’s thrilling.
“There’s a consolation with it that you just don’t discover in a brand new character. It’s developed. What are they like now? How can we shoot it?
“So it felt actually particular, and so did doing my first characteristic again with Disney once more after not doing options for such a very long time. It’s a very nice factor.”
The Dad or mum Entice star added making Freakier Friday felt like coming residence, and the actress loves the truth that she will “share” the flick along with her husband, Bader Shammas, and their two-year-old son Luai.
Lohan – who was 15 when she starred in Freaky Friday – mentioned: “I weirdly felt like that once I received to the lot. It felt actually particular, as a result of I used to be 10 [when I auditioned for The Parent Trap]; now I’m 38.
“And to be again there right now and have a full life and have the ability to share it with my husband and my son, it undoubtedly feels distinctive in plenty of methods, and it’s good.”
