ANAHEIM, Calif. − It took two Hollywood stars to welcome Jamie Lee Curtis into the Disney Legends club.
A pair of “Freaky Friday” leads − Lindsay Lohan, who starred in 2003 remake, and Jodie Foster, who starred in the 1976 original − inducted Curtis, 65, during the Disney Legends Awards Ceremony on Sunday. The event in front of 12,000 fans at the Honda Center closed out Disney’s D23 Fan Expo.
“The magic of Jamie Lee Curtis is that she is timeless,” said Lohan, who is making the sequel “Freakier Friday” with Curtis. “I feel so blessed to have Jamie as a friend in my life, and lucky to work with a woman I love so much.”
This year’s 14 Disney Legends honorees also include actors Angela Bassett, Miley Cyrus and Harrison Ford; actress and host Kelly Ripa; filmmakers James L. Brooks, James Cameron and Frank Oz; composer John Williams; Disney costumer Colleen Atwood; tour guide-turned manager/producer Martha Blanding; comics artist and writer Steve Ditko; animator Mark Henn; and theme park designer Joe Rohde.
Foster gave a laughter-filled speech thanking Curtis for their long Hollywood friendship, pointing out that the “Scream Queens” star is a prolific online shopper for her friends.
