11 Irresistible Movie Moments That Wore Out Your Pause Button
2. Trading Places - Jamie Lee Curtis Grows Up
Just five years after Jamie Lee Curtis announced herself to the world with Halloween, the still fresh-faced actress took a big step towards establishing herself as more than "just" a horror actress. In Trading Places, Curtis plays a prostitute who agrees to help Dan Aykroyd's down-on-his-luck commodities broker, who is forced to swap lives with a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) in an experiment set up by two wealthy brothers on a cruel power trip. Far from the wide-eyed babysitter of Halloween, Curtis is powerful, sexually liberated and walks with an irresistible swagger that made her a justified winner at the Oscars. And in one breathlessly brilliant moment, she taunts Aykroyd and the audience, showing exactly what noone will ever be allowed to get their hands on, after flirting with the camera outrageously. Talk about casting off images and resisting type-casting!
Just five years after Jamie Lee Curtis announced herself to the world with Halloween, the still fresh-faced actress took a big step towards establishing herself as more than "just" a horror actress. In Trading Places, Curtis plays a prostitute who agrees to help Dan Aykroyd's down-on-his-luck commodities broker, who is forced to swap lives with a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) in an experiment set up by two wealthy brothers on a cruel power trip. Far from the wide-eyed babysitter of Halloween, Curtis is powerful, sexually liberated and walks with an irresistible swagger that made her a justified winner at the Oscars. And in one breathlessly brilliant moment, she taunts Aykroyd and the audience, showing exactly what noone will ever be allowed to get their hands on, after flirting with the camera outrageously. Talk about casting off images and resisting type-casting!