“It was certainly encased in a lot of motion detector cameras.
There was a ball on set.
“And then we were kind of like, ‘Yeah, no.
Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘Haunted Mansion’.Jalen Marlowe/disney
We’re just going to do it like this.'”
Look at her costumes!
Her costumes have this beautiful Russian influence.
Jamie Lee Curtis.Wes Ellis
So, no, she was a total creation, primarily of Jeffrey Kurland,” Curtis tells EW.
But, I really took my cues from him rather than the attraction himself."
Together, they plotted a backstory for Leota that’s not present in the ride.
Jamie Lee Curtis as Madame Leota in ‘Haunted Mansion’.Disney
We created a bit of a costume story," Simien says.
One piece of direction she says Simien gave her as she barked Leota’s lines from the ball?
“Be funnier, is the only direction I ever got from Justin,” Curtis says.
“It was just, ‘Jamie, can you do it again, but be funnier.'”
See if Curtis’ efforts paid off whenHaunted Mansionhits theaters nationwide on Friday.
These interviews were conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
