Jamie Lee Curtis Says Goodbye to Laurie Strode In Halloween Kills: "She Is My Legacy"

Jamie Lee Curtis has described Laurie Strode as her "legacy".

Curtis, 63, reprises her role as Laurie Strode in Halloween Ends, which marks her final appearance as the iconic character. 

Curtis has played Laurie Strode for the last 44 years, since John Carpenter's original Halloween in 1978. She played six more times: 1981's Halloween II, 1998's Halloween: H20, 2002's Halloween Resurrection, and the new Halloween trilogy.  

On hanging up her spurs as Laurie Strode, Curtis — who was honoured with a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday (Oct 12) — told Variety: "The universal understanding of Laurie Strode is that as this original 'final girl' she never gave up, always pushing through no matter what.

"It is beyond comprehension that that is my legacy. I feel like I haven't given up, that I have continued to try, but not at the level of Laurie Strode."

The Everything Everywhere All at Once star continued: "What I've gotten from her is way more than she's gotten from me. Because when I'm gone, her legacy will be mine.

"Now, of course, I have my children, and that's crucial. But in the films, she is my legacy, and I could not be prouder of any legacy — unless it's like Mother Teresa or, you know, a great, great Nelson Mandela or somebody like that — but in a film character, there's not one you could name that I would rather be than Laurie Strode."

Curtis' Halloween Ends co-star Andi Matichak says it was "surreal" to be working with the horror icon in her final outing as Laurie Strode.

She said: "It's been incredibly surreal. Getting to be along this last ride for Jamie Lee and getting to watch her, and walk alongside her, as she takes her last walk in Laurie Strode's shoes, and take the most elegant bow I think you could for a character... The way that she brings depth to this, she does her such justice in this film."

Halloween Ends (M18) is now in cinemas. — BANG SHOWBIZ

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