Jamie Lee Curtis Gets Proactive About 'Freaky Friday' Sequel With Lindsay Lohan

Jamie Lee Curtis is ready to swap bodies with Lindsay Lohan again.

The 'Freaky Friday' star has confirmed she's 'already written to Disney' about a sequel to the classic 2003 teen comedy about an overbearing mother (Curtis) who unwittingly switches places with her punk rock teenage daughter (Lohan) so that they both better understand each other's points of view. The film, directed by Mark Waters, earned $160 million at the worldwide box office and helped cement Lohan's status as a teenage queen.

"I've already written Disney, my friends at Disney. I'm in their new movie 'Haunted Mansion,'" Curtis said in "The View."

The 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' actress shared her pitch for a follow-up to 'Freaky Friday', adding, "Let me be the grandma! Let me be the changing old grandma! So Lindsay becomes the sexy grandma, who's always happy with Mark Harmon in all the ways you'd be happy with Mark Harmon."

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Curtis concluded, "And just, I'd like to see Lindsay be the sexy grandma, and I'd like to see me trying to take care of the little ones today. I want to be a helicopter parent. in today's world, as an old lady."

Recently, the girl from the ultimate "Halloween Ends" reflected on her career with .

"'Freaky Friday' was a fabulous movie, also very liberating creatively," Curtis said. "You know, being a teenager again was super fun. I had a great time with Lindsay. She was amazing."

Curtis later added, "Anyway, the 'Freaky Friday' remake? Absolutely."

Meanwhile, former Curtis co-star Lohan is ushering in her own career comeback, starring in Netflix's upcoming holiday romantic comedy 'Falling for Christmas' and 'Irish Wish'. next year. Lohan also narrates the TV series "Lovestruck High".

Lohan said going back to acting was like "riding a bike".

"It's just inside me. It's part of me," Lohan said. "Making movies, playing a character, it brings me so much joy to be able to share a story with people. Taking people on this journey with me is such a blessing. I want to work with directors who make me grow as an artist. Directors who have a vision, a style and create films that in 20 years I will be happy to have been in."

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