This Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 10:45 p.m., Arte broadcasts Jamie Lee Curtis, A Cry of Freedom in Hollywood, documentary dedicated to the well-born actress. But despite her illustrious lineage, she was a very complex young woman…
Take a good look at the names in the casting of Hollywood films: if you’ve been to theaters in recent years, it’s very likely that you’ve come across one of these “sons and daughters of”, or “nepo babies” as our friends across the country call them. Atlantic. It must be said that for these well-born children, access to film sets seems easier than for others. And if this trend annoys, it is not new: before Lily-Rose, daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, or Zoe, daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonnet or even Jack Quaid, son of Meg Ryan and star of The Boysthere was Jane Fonda or Jamie Lee Curtis. The latter, daughter of a couple of legendary actors, is the subject of a documentary, Jamie Lee Curtis, A cry for freedom in Hollywoodwhich Arte broadcasts this Sunday June 30, 2024 at 10:45 p.m.
Jamie Lee Curtis: this part of her body that she hated
The names Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis evoke masterpieces of the seventh art, Some like it hot has Psychosis. While following in the footsteps of her illustrious parents, actress Jamie Lee Curtis tried to distance herself artistically from them and obtain public recognition by her own means. She thus chooses daring roles, stands out in Halloween by John Carpenter and later became a figure in the horror genre, as the “Scream Queen”. But there are certain family legacies that we cannot escape: on the physical side for example, we do not always choose… Because in addition to being talented, the Curtis-Leigh couple also embodies a model of glamor in which the young woman androgynous does not recognize itself. During a television interview, the actress assures: “I never thought I was very pretty […] I have a really weird face. It’s crooked. As if I was born sideways […] My mouth is crooked, it’s not right.”
This immense regret of Jamie Lee Curtis concerning his youth
And yes, being the daughter of Hollywood stars does not prevent you from having complexes! The obsession around her face is all the stronger because Jamie Lee Curtis’ teeth were gray, following the taking of an antibiotic by her mother when she was pregnant. To the point that, when she was young, Jake Gyllenhaal’s godmother avoided smiling. She admits to having gone under the knife but today criticizes cosmetic surgery and she looks back on this period of her life as a beginner actress with regret. “If you only knew, all the time I wasted telling myself I wasn’t good enough. The time wasted telling myself someone else was better,” deplores in an interview the one who nevertheless caused a sensation as a fitness instructor with an ultra-shaped body in Perfect. “I would give anything to get back that time lost. That time lost comparing myself to others.” An important lesson for the younger generation!
