Before she was Laurie Strode, Jamie Lee Curtis almost got an even earlier start in horror.
The Oscar-winning "Halloween" star, 67, opened up on "The Drew Barrymore Show" about why she's grateful her mother, screen legend Janet Leigh, wouldn't let her audition for a role in the horror classic "The Exorcist."
Curtis explained that one of the producers of the film "was a very good friend of my mother's," so he asked Leigh if her daughter would audition.
"At the time, I was probably 12, and cute and kind of sassy," Curtis said. "I had some personality."
Still, Curtis never auditioned because her mom quickly shot down the idea, not wanting her acting career to start at such a young age.
