Trading Places
Trading Placeshelped Jamie Lee Curtis break free of the horror literary genre and her " Scream Queen " typecasting . Jamie Lee Curtis is the girl of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh , the latter of whom appear in one of horror ’s most iconic scenes in 1960’sPsycho . Curtis was a relative unknown when she appeared in John Carpenter’sHalloween , which became a turning point in the slasher genre and lead to countless caricature and rip - offs . Despite the success and acclaim ofHalloween , Curtis got little work off of it , with Carpenter then indite a office specifically for her inThe Fogto give his supporter a job .
Jamie Lee Curtis shortly became horror royalty , starring in a raft of slasher or thriller movies . Prom Nightis one of the better knownHalloween - style slashers from that era , and she also appeared inNew Year ’s Eve horrorTerror Trainand Hitchcockian thrillerRoad Games . Curtis has since stated she knew that if she continued to appear in repulsion movies , the " Scream Queen " recording label would never go away . She release down a role inPsycho 2 , and only agreed to return as Laurie for 1981’sHalloween 2as a favor to Carpenter and producer Debra Hill . It was also , in her mind , a good-bye to the genre .
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Director John Landis later vagabond her in 1983 comedyTrading Places , where a pompous man of affairs call Winthorpe ( Dan Aykroyd ) has his life destroy by his two millionaire bosses . These evil brother place a bet to see if a mortal ’s setting really influences how they do in life , so they fire Winthorpe and replace him with Eddie Murphy ’s street floozy Valentine . Jamie Lee Curtis - who was wasted inHalloween Kills- playedTrading Places ' Ophelia , a sex worker employ as part of the artifice to bankrupt Winthorpe , who later helps him try revenge on his party boss .
Trading Placeshelped Jamie Lee Curtis unwrap out of horror , and she was cast against the wish of the studio apartment . By then , Curtis was so well known in the genre they did n’t recollect she would work in a major comedy , but Landis insisted . While she had toy strong characters antecedently , Trading Placesallowed her to show off a lighter , comedic side . While Murphy - who was come off the back of48 Hrs- and Aykroyd may take the limelight , Curtis more than holds her own throughout the movie , admit when she wear a disguise towards the finis .
It helps thatTrading Placeswas a huge success , meaning other filmmakers got to seeJamie Lee Curtis outside of the horror genre . She branched further out with the likes ofA Fish Called WandaandBlue Steel , though she did finally make a revulsion return withHalloween H20 in 1998 . Curtis has since cordially embraced her horror stem with the BlumhouseHalloweenseries , butTrading Placewas a material breakthrough that provide her to explore other sort of part .
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