Best With Them l Thiago Rangel on Instagram: "Jamie Lee Curtis Drops Bombshell About Getting Her Iconic “Halloween” Role. On May 11, 2025, during an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes filmed in Los Angeles, California, Jamie Lee Curtis revealed the truth behind how she landed the role of Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween. Curtis said that despite being the daughter of Hollywood legends Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, her famous last name wasn’t what got her the part. She ex