It’s a candid behind-the-scenes vignette ofLindsay Lohan, nestled in a comfortable slump onJamie Lee Curtis' lap.
“That’s something you’ve got the option to’t bring as a director.
They have a love and a trust.
Sophia Hammons as Lily and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess in ‘Freakier Friday’.Andrew Eccles/Disney
They bring a joyfulness out in each other, and that’s gold.”
“That’s just an extraordinary thing, to watch someone walk through life.”
The blended tribe’s soul-switching trials are all by design, of course.
Sophia Hammons as Lily and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess in ‘Freakier Friday’.Andrew Eccles/Disney
Curtis, 66,now has an Academy Awardfor her work in 2022’sEverything Everywhere All at Once.
“Clearly, there was an appetite for this.”
To have that chance again, it doesn’t happen much.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reunite for EW’s ‘Freakier Friday’ cover.Alexi Lubomirski
I felt lucky to be able to do it."
Their mystical movie star chemistry isn’t the only thing fueling the film’s appeal.
(“We begged her.
She’s not going to do it,” says Ganatra.
EW has reached out to a representative for Foster for comment.)
“Every moment is accounted for,” Murray feels.
It felt like an all-encompassing, loving, great dynamic, like no time had passed.
Yet, we had entire lives in between.
It’s a very full film."
Manny Jacinto as Eric and Lindsay Lohan as Anna in ‘Freakier Friday’.Andrew Eccles/Disney
Now, I get to play with that.
I get to have those moments that Tess used to have with Anna."
“If something works around that, it’s meant to happen.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis for EW’s ‘Freakier Friday’ cover shoot.Alexi Lubomirski
If it doesn’t work around that, it’s a no-go.”
And the new mom knew she was ready for more.
It came to fruition because I believed it.
Lindsay Lohan attempts to seduce Chad Michael Murray’s Jake in ‘Freakier Friday’.Glen Wilson/Disney
Those things are meant to happen.
I love my life, and I’m grateful for these moments I have."
“If it filmed outside California, I wouldn’t have been in the movie.
Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons as Harper and Lily in ‘Freakier Friday’.Andrew Eccles/Disney
If it shot in Vancouver, I wouldn’t have done it because I had kids.
It’sthestory of the movie.”
“As a gay person, I know a lot about chosen family.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan for EW’s ‘Freakier Friday’ cover shoot.Alexi Lubomirski
Things weren’t always so serious on set, though.
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“None of that was there,” Lohan confirms.
“I almost fell off a few times.
I think Chad’s reactions were real.”
Murray agrees: “I loved watching Lindsay own it.
It was like,Oh,thereshe is.”
Ganatra thinks the performance will reposition Lohan in the eyes of the industry amid the ongoing Lohanaissance.
“It’s not just the nostalgia of, ‘It’s Anna again!’
It’s Lindsay doing what we love watching Lindsay do.”
I got a parental vibe from them.
It felt like they always had our backs, always looking out for us.”
“The whole movie falls apart if you don’t believe” it’s real, Ganatra says.
It built memories to use as a foundation for later," Butters shares.
“One time, I got a migraine on set.
There’s not much it’s possible for you to do if it’s not going away with medicine.
Lindsay gave me sunglasses to wear during her coverage.
“Mother, literally.”
And “Jamie really did act like Lindsay’s mom on set,” Hammons recalls.
“Then, they started acting like that toward us.
We’re always getting kisses on the forehead or cheek.
We slowly became part of that circle, too.”
Laughing, Hammons compares the group’s relationship to an imagined monument.
“Freaky FridayMountain,” she calls it.
“But, instead of Mt.
“She was looking to find [a calm] place and quiet.
That wasn’t going to be in New York or L.A., because they’re filled with aggro people.
It impressed me so much,” says Curtis.
“I found it there.”
A part of it might exist right here with Curtis, too.
“I understood the depth of the woman you’ve become.
I give you great respect for that,” Curtis says, her eyes still on Lohan.
“I couldn’t freaking do that at your age.
I wouldn’t have known how to do that.
She hugs Lohan, whose head finds its rightful place in the cradle of Curtis' neck.
