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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Jamie Lee Curtis grateful her mother refused to let her audition for The Exorcist

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During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the Freaky Friday actress recalled that a producer on William Friedkin's classic horror called up the Psycho star and asked if her 12-year-old would try out for the role of the possessed girl Regan. However, Leigh declined the opportunity for her young daughter, who would later make her movie debut at the age of 19 in another horror classic - 1978's Halloween. "He called my mom and said, 'Hey, I'm producing the movie of the book The Exorcist. Will you let Jamie audition for it?'..."

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