Summary
- Quentin Tarantino, acclaimed filmmaker, is a fan of Disney and expressed his love for the live-action classic Freaky Friday.
- Tarantino detailed the House of Blues sequence from the film to director Mark Waters, praising it as a genius scene and perfect ending.
- A sequel to Freaky Friday, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, has been confirmed by Disney, continuing the story years later.
Disney has fans all over the world and of all ages, that's something no one can't deny. Even some major celebrities and filmmakers have expressed their love for the movies made by the House of Mouse, and Quentin Tarantino seems to be one of them.
The acclaimed Academy Award-nominee has become one of the most popular directors in cinema history thanks to titles like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds or Once Upon a Time Hollywood, but he is also a fan of cinema itself and loves all kind of movies, including a Disney live-action classic, one that's probably the favorite of many.
In a recent article from The Hollywood Reporter celebrating the legacy of Freaky Friday, director Mark Waters unveiled the unknown obsession of Tarantino with the movie starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, while talking about his favorite scene from the film:
"I love the House of Blues sequence just because it was kind of this big thing in my mind, building up to it, this thing I pitched about the Battle of the Bands. It was a lot of people, a lot of moving parts and to have it come together like it did was super cool. One time, I got cornered at a party by Quentin Tarantino, who outlined in great detail shot by shot that sequence of the House of Blues to me. He was like outlining why it was a genius scene and a perfect ending for the movie, and I was like, 'This is cool man. Quentin Tarantino was like, fan-geeking me.'"
The House of Blue sequence Waters is referring to is right at the end of the movie, before Lohan and Curtis' characters change back into their bodies again, with Anna's body pretending to be playing the guitar on stage with her band while her mother, Tess, actually plays it from backstage.
What to Expect from Freaky Friday Sequel
Earlier this year, after months of teasing it, Disney confirmed that Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan would both return for a long-awaited second part of 2003's popular comedy, which was part of Lohan's golden era within the House of Mouse, including some other amazing titles such as Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Herbie Fully Loaded, a couple of years after the enormous success of The Parent Trap.
Joining projects like Enchanted, that already had its sequel on Disney+ and The Princess Diaries, which is returning soon with a third part, Freaky Friday will continue the story of Tess and Anna years after the events of the original film. And that's about it when it comes to the details that have been shared about the sequel.
Although is safe to say that the exchange of bodies will once again play a major part within the plot, so the new movie could find the mother and daughter relationship going through a new crisis, with both women needing to spend some time in the shoes of the other one to learn about empathy.