Jamie Lee Curtis Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Ahead of ‘Halloween Kills’: NPR

Famous American actress Jamie Lee Curtis won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Film at the Venice International Film Festival.

Curtis accepted her award on Wednesday before the premiere of her new movie Halloween killsIn which she reprized her long-running role as the beloved protagonist of Laurie Strode. The movie, which will be released next month, is a sequel to the 2018 movie Halloween It is the twelfth film in the horror franchise.

Curtis said in the current situation It is “incredibly humbled” by the honor.

“It seems to me impossible to be in this industry long enough to receive the recognition of ‘Lifetime Achievement,’ and to achieve that now, with Halloween kills“It has a special meaning to me,” Curtis said.Halloween – and my partnership with Laurie Strode – my career launched and continued to develop, and having these films develop into a new franchise loved by audiences around the world was and still is a gift.

“Italian cinema has always honored and heralded the kind that has given me my career, so I could not be more proud and happy to accept this award from the Venice International Film Festival on behalf of Laurie and all the brave heroines of the world who stand tall in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. and refuses to obey.”

In true horror heroine fashion, here she is, slipping off her heels to jostle on stage:

Curtis spoke to NPR in 2018 Four decades after the original Halloween About the franchise, her personality and her career.

“I’ve worked hard, but I don’t expect it—that’s what a gift is, when you don’t expect something, and then it’s given to you, and you open it up and go, ‘Wow, thank you!'” ” She said.

“It’s unbelievable, and that’s how David Gordon Green and Danny McBride feel when they let me go where we had to go with the movie, Halloween, to explain and honor the courage and perseverance of Laurie Strode, who represents all the women who were assaulted, all the women who had to fight back, all the women who survived, and that’s a privilege, not something I take lightly.”

Hear the full conversation and read the highlights here.

This story was originally published in The morning edition live blog.