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Jamie Lee Curtis Talks How Jake Gyllenhaal Apparently Facilitated The New Halloween Movies

by Stewart Cole

A few years ago, when David Gordon Green revived hibernation Carnival franchise with the original Final Girl Jamie Lee Curtis back in the lead role, it felt like the horror gods were trying to right several wrongs that had happened within that franchise. I mean, the original John Carpenter Halloween is widely regarded as one of the best horror movies ever made. But lame sequels had weakened the reputation of the Halloween series (leading to some of our writers completely losing interest in the series), and it’s time for Curtis’ Laurie Strode to step in and put things right. Of course, Curtis and Carpenter are key figures in its revival Carnival series, but did you also know that Jake Gyllenhaal had a major role?

As it turns out, Jake Gyllenhaal was the one who put Jamie Lee Curtis in touch with David Gordon Green in the first place. The director had already established himself through theatrical dramas (All real girls) and comedies (Your Highness), but he had an idea for a Halloween movie that he wanted to share. And, as Jamie Lee Curtis explains in SFX Magazine (via Radar Games), it was Gyllenhaal who facilitated the conversation. He said:

I was sitting right where I’m sitting right now when my phone rang and it was Jake Gyllenhaal. I picked up the phone and he said, “Hey James, my friend David Gordon Green” – who he’d just worked with on Stronger – “I’d like to talk to you about a Halloween movie.” It was 2017, in the summer. The last thing I thought five years ago I’d be doing would be a Halloween movie.

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