Ahead of the release of the newest film in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Ends, actor Jamie Lee Curtis revealed that she wanted her iconic character killed off in the 2002 sequel, Halloween: Resurrection.
According to Variety, Curtis made the comments at New York Comic Con, explaining that she requested to be killed off in the first 10 minutes of the film because she "couldn't live" with her character, Laurie Strode, being responsible for the death of an innocent person. The film was critically panned after its release, and currently holds a score of 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Laurie has come a long way since Resurrection, which was removed entirely from the Halloween canon following its release. Curtis returned as the iconic Scream Queen for 2018's Halloween reboot, though she has starred as protagonist Laurie Strode since John Carpenter's original 1978 Halloween. Curtis has previously teased that her 43-year saga in the franchise might be coming to an end, and revealed in a July 2021 interview that Halloween Ends might mark her final appearance as Laurie. "I would say, given what I know about the next movie, I think it will be the last time I will play [Laurie Strode]," she said.
Laurie Strode Returns in Halloween Ends
Halloween Ends, the third installment in the Halloween sequel trilogy, is slated to hit theaters on Oct. 14 just in time for Halloween. The much-anticipated film is set to show an epic final face-off between lifelong nemeses Laurie and Michael Myers. James Jude Courtney, who plays Michael, said that the final showdown of Halloween Ends packs a satisfying punch, explaining that it has "the requisite violence," but also goes to "a deeper place, spiritually." He said, "Because now we're culminating 44 years of this experience between Laurie Strode and The Shape."
Despite this, the film won't necessarily tie up every loose end. Halloween Ends takes place four years after its 2021 prequel, Halloween Kills, but the film's director David Gordon Green has no interest in explaining where Michael was during that time. "It's like: I don’t want to see where Jaws goes to sleep at night when I'm watching a shark movie," he said in a recent interview. "I want to see him when he pops up, and he's got an appetite!"
While Halloween Ends is intended to wrap up the trilogy, franchise creator and director of the original 1978 Halloween, John Carpenter, has predicted that the upcoming film won't truly be the end of the franchise. "I didn't expect there to be a sequel [to the original Halloween]. Halloween made so much money, here they came again, the same guys [saying], 'Hey John, let's do another one,'" Carpenter explained. "I guarantee you if Halloween Ends makes a lot of money, guess what? Just guess what."
Halloween Ends hits theaters and Peacock on Oct. 14, 2022.
Source: Variety