Jamie Lee Curtis has always been legendary, but now it’s official: she was named a Disney Legend on Sunday during the D23 Expo.
Lindsay Lohan took the stage to queue up a montage of Curtis’ most memorable roles, telling the crowd, “I have been able to have the pleasure of working with Jamie Lee Curtis. And the magic of Jamie Lee Curtis is that she is timeless. Every character she plays is different, and she always brings something unique to the role. And I feel so blessed to have Jamie as a friend in my life, and I feel lucky to work with a woman that I admire so much.”
Jodie Foster surprised the crowd after Lohan’s introduction to further lionize Curtis, saying, “There are many things that my bestie Jamie and I have in common,” recalling their upbringing as young women in Hollywood.
“Here are many of the absolutely freaky things that you may not know about her: You probably don’t know she eats dinner at 3 or 4, and is asleep by 7:30. She gets up at 3 a.m., she saves the world and she online shops a little bit,” Foster continued.
“She is so thoughtful and so generous, such a supportive and kind cheerleader, that it just makes me want to punch her,” Foster said with a laugh. “Is that wrong?” Foster then presented Curtis with her own embroidered pair of Mickey Mouse ears.
Curtis got emotional as she accepted her award (and the mouse ears). “The truth is, legends aren’t formed. They’re created when they’re nurtured and taught and educated,” she said. Curtis went on to talk up her favorite Disney ride, the Carousel of Progress, and invited the audience to sing its theme song along with her and really “listen to the words.”
“There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day. There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow and tomorrow’s just a dream away,” she crooned.
Curtis is currently in production on “Freaky Friday 2” for the company. She starred in the previous “Freaky Friday” in 2003, alongside Lohan. Last year, she appeared as Madame Leota in the big-screen adaptation of the famed Disneyland ride “Haunted Mansion.”
