Jamie Lee Curtis uthi uma ephonse eyokuqala Halloween ifilimu, ubengeke alingise indawo ka-Laurie Strode, umzanyana onamahloni noyintombi nto owesatshiswa uMichael Myers oyi-psychopath. "Ngangingumuntu ohlakaniphile ngaleso sikhathi," kusho uCurtis. "Ngangihluke ngokuphelele kuLaurie Strode, nakuba nganginamahloni, ngandlela-thile, ngenxa yamazinyo ami. Angikaze ngifune ukumamatheka ngoba amazinyo ami atshekile futhi empunga, ngakho ngangivele ngicasukele abantu. Lokho kwangisiza ekudlaleni uLaurie Strode.”

Shesha phambili iminyaka engamashumi amane. Kwe new Halloween ifilimu, eyayiqondiswa uDavid Gordon Green, uLaurie Strode ungugogo onezinwele ezimpunga, ophethe isibhamu ochithe ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwakhe njengomuntu omdala elungiselela ukubuya okungenakugwenywa kukaMichael Myers. “Selokhu asinda efilimini yokuqala, uLaurie ubelungiselela enye impi noMichael,” kusho uCurtis. “Izinga lokulungela kwakhe liye lakhula ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi lokhu kuthatheka kuye kwalimaza ubudlelwano bakhe ikakhulukazi nendodakazi yakhe nomzukulu. Indlela yakhe yokwenza izinto ingokoqobo kakhulu. Ngeke awise i-nuke kuMichael, futhi ngeke asebenzise isikhali esizenzakalelayo. Wamukela iqiniso lempilo yakhe e-Haddonfield, e-Illinois, kanye nezinsiza ezitholakala kuye. Ulungele uMichael.”

UCurtis wagcina ukuveza u-Laurie ngo-2002 Halloween: Uvuko, inkondlo elama ngokugxeka lapho uLaurie abulawa khona. I-Halloween entsha iwudlula wonke umcabango oqoqwe kusukela kufilimu yokuqala, indlela uCurtis ayincoma ngokusuka enhliziyweni. “Okwangikhanga kule filimu kwakuwumbhalo, ocacile futhi olula,” kusho uCurtis. “Bengicabanga ukuthi iskripthi sihlakaniphe kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngendlela ebesibhekisela ngayo esokuqala Halloween ifilimu futhi waxhuma leyo filimu kule ndaba entsha. Ngokwengqondo, ngokwesitayela, ngokubonakalayo, kuzwakala njengokuqhubeka kwefilimu yokuqala. "

UCurtis wayengumkhiqizi ongagunyaziwe ngawo-1998 IHalloween H20: Eminyakeni engama-20 kamuva, futhi uCurtis uthi okokufaka kwakhe kokusungula kufakwe kokusha Halloween iskripthi sokudubula sefilimu. "Ngisanda kupholisha izigcawu ezithinta uLaurie," kusho uCurtis. “Ngangikhuluma ngezinto engangicabanga ukuthi uLaurie uzozenza futhi azisho, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngangithi, ‘Cha. Angicabangi ukuthi angenza noma asho kanjalo.' Ngicabanga ukuthi ushintsho olukhulu ku-Laurie olwaba khona kuzo zonke lezo zingxoxo ukuthi u-Laurie akazange abe mubi. Akayena u-Ripley, futhi akayena uLinda Hamilton ovela ku- Terminator amafilimu. ULaurie ungumsindi weqiniso. ”

Kunjalo noCurtis. Impumelelo yokuqala Halloween Ifilimu ayizange iholele esiphundu sezinto ezinikezwa uCurtis, owalandela Halloween namanye amafilimu amahlanu asabekayo (Inkungu, I-Prom Night, Isitimela Sokwesaba, Imidlalo Yomgwaqo, Futhi IHalloween II). “Kwaphela izinyanga eziyisikhombisa ngingawutholi umsebenzi Halloween,” kusho uCurtis. “Abantu bebengihalalisela ngempumelelo ye Halloween, futhi ngangidla kwaMcDonald's. ”

Inkungu, ifilimu yokuqala yesici uCurtis avela kuyo ngemva kwalokho Halloween, ephinde ehlanganisa noCurtis Halloween abadidiyeli abahlanganyeli uJohn Carpenter noDebra Hill. Inkungu ubuye waba nenkanyezi nomama kaCurtis, inganekwane yaseHollywood uJanet Leigh, nakuba uCurtis noLeigh bengaphambanisanga ifilimu. UCurtis uthi: “Mina nomama sachitha iminyaka sizama ukuthola umsebenzi esasizowuqala ndawonye, ​​futhi ngangingafuni ukuthi sisetshenziswe kabi. “Iskripthi se Inkungu kwakungaphathelene nami nomama, ngakho lokho kwangenza ngazizwa ngingcono kakhulu.”

UCurtis walandela Inkungu nge I-Prom Night, eyaqala ukuqoshwa eToronto, eCanada, ngo-August 1979. NgoNovemba ka-1979, uCurtis waya eMontreal, lapho uCurtis ayegubha khona usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwamashumi amabili nanye ngesikhathi kuqoshwa ifilimu. Isitimela Sokwesaba. “Kuthathe isikhathi eside iThe Fog ukuthi ikhishwe, ngakho ngangimagange ukuthola enye ifilimu, noma iyiphi ifilimu,” kusho uCurtis. “Empeleni ngangifuna noma ubani owayengifuna, futhi ngangazi ukuthi lokho kwakuyosho ukwenza enye ifilimu esabekayo. Ukube bengingumdidiyeli ngaleso sikhathi, ngabe angizange ngibheke enye into ngaphandle kokwethuka, ngoba yikho nje engangikwenzile.”

UCurtis wayeneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye lapho enza okokuqala Halloween ifilimu. UCurtis uhlanganisa iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha ngoNovemba 22. “Ngifuna ukuba mdala,” kusho uCurtis. “Empeleni ngicabanga ukuthi kunenani elimangalisayo lokuzazi elihambisana nokukhula. Ngizizwa ngingcono manje kunangesikhathi ngineminyaka engamashumi amabili. Nginamandla, futhi ngihlakaniphe ngayo yonke indlela. Angihlanyi kakhulu kunangaleso sikhathi.”

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