The hair is the first thing you notice—a coronation of silver flow. For decades, the sharp-edged pixie was Jamie Lee Curtis’s tactical armor, but on the Los Angeles set of Freakier Friday, she’s debuted a longer, flowing gray hairstyle that signals a new era of matriarchal chic.
Walking toward her trailer in a crisp black ensemble, Jamie Lee doesn’t just look like an Oscar winner; she looks like a woman who has mastered the art of “sophisticated power” while everyone else was still trying to find their light. The fictional book title spotted on set, Rebelling with Respect, is almost too perfect. It acts as a meta-commentary on Jamie Lee’s real-life philosophy: how to remain a disciplined 66-year-old titan who still has a sharp, jagged edge. In this new chapter,
Tess Coleman has traded her therapy couch for a book tour, but the irony is delicious—a grandmother preaching “respectful rebellion” is about to have her world upended by the very chaos she thinks she’s outgrown.
Filming at “Annabelle’s Book Club” feels like lightning striking twice. The set vibrates with a “fizzy” comedic energy, anchored by the next generation—the magnetic Julia Butters (as Anna’s daughter, Harper) and the electric Sophia Hammons (as Lily). Watching these young stars prep for the body-swap mayhem alongside Jamie Lee and the returning Lindsay Lohan feels like a love letter to every fan who lived through the 2003 original.
This isn’t just a sequel; it’s a multigenerational merger. We’re moving past the simple mother-daughter swap into a complex four-way identity crisis that reflects the beautiful, unvarnished mess of modern families. While the movie hits theaters this summer, it’s already clear that Jamie Lee Curtis is the ultimate proof that the most interesting person to be is yourself—at every age and in every body.