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In honor of the film’s 15-year anniversary, here are a few lesser-known facts about the making ofFreaky Friday.
Lindsay Lohan’s character was supposed to be a goth—but she thought it wouldn’t work
AsThe Parent Trapstar, 32, read the script, she deemed Anna’s character too grungy for general audiences. “No one could relate to the character when she was really Goth. There was nothing there,” she toldVanity Fairin 2006. Lohan’s crafty solution involved showing up to the audition dressed as the polar opposite; a traditional, stylishly sophisticated Abercrombie & Fitch ad.
“I dressed really preppy,” she said. “My agent called and was like, ‘What are you doing?!’” The trick worked to her benefit, however, and her character was rewritten.
Lohan had to give Curtis “Shut Up” tutorials
Duringa video interviewto promote the film, theTrue Liesactress, 59, admitted to the extra help she got from her teenaged costar. “There’s a way she says shut up that I couldn’t get. She had to give me a ‘shut up’ tutorial because it’s a very specific way,” she said.
Curtis, who was then raising her own 16-year-old daughter, Annie Guest, claimed starring in the film helped her (figuratively) step into her own daughter’s shoes.
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“I think I probably have a judgmental bitch badge that I put on because I can be harsh, and I think that walking a mile in some very uncomfortable teenage shoes gave me the opportunity to see what it’s like on the other side,” Curtis said.
On the flip side, Lohan had to study Curtis’ posture in order to accurately portray the mother’s role. “I tend to use my hands a lot and Jamie didn’t use her hands,” Lohan toldChuck the Movie Guy. “Her speech, facial expressions, all of that stuff I’d have to watch looked to really differentiate the two,” she added.
Kelly Osbourne and Annette Bening almost starred in the film
Kelly Osbourne, 33, better known for her early 2000s’ Emmy-nominated reality showThe Osbournesand celebrity judge onE!’s Fashion Police, was set to star as Lohan’s best friend and band front-woman before dropping out due to her mother,America’s Got Talent’sSharon Osbourne, being diagnosed with cancer.
“I was faced with the choice of a career or spending what could have been the last days of my mother’s life with her,”Osbourne told PEOPLEin 2013. Actress Christina Vidal ended up cast in her role.
This wasn’t the first—or the last—Freaky Fridayfilm
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The newest remake will premiere August 10 as a Disney Channel Original movie starring actresses Heidi Blickenstaff, 46 and Cozi Zuehlsdorff, 20.
source: people.com
