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Jamie Lee Curtis on how "Trading Places' launched her career #shorts
60 Minutesยท2025-08-28 23:40

Curtis held her own next to Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd in her first comedy feature, Trading Places, directed by John Landis. She says her role as Oilia, a wise, kind-hearted street walker is what really launched her career. That part, I mean, she's gritty and the gum and the whole thing.How much of that did you bring. John stuck gum in my mouth every day. Literally, I would stand there and he'd walk up.I go, "Okay." I mean, it's, you know, it's just a great part. But here's the other thing, and this is cru ...