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Chad Michael Murray Says Jamie Lee Curtis in Trading Places Sparked His Teenage 'Aha' About Girls

He shared the memory on a Jan. 7 podcast, crediting Curtis with keeping the Freaky Friday franchise alive.

Overview

  • The actor said on the Like A Farmer Podcast that seeing Curtis in the 1983 film Trading Places was the moment he realized he liked girls.
  • He recalled watching the movie with his father and being struck by Curtis’s performance as Ophelia.
  • Murray reflected on later working with Curtis in 2003’s Freaky Friday, calling her the first true icon he collaborated with.
  • He praised Curtis’s vision and effort, saying she was the driving force behind sustaining the franchise and getting the sequel made.
  • Murray, Curtis, and Lindsay Lohan reprised their roles in the 2025 sequel Freakier Friday, reuniting the original cast.