While the Halloween films are most identified with the masked killer Michael Myers, there`s another character just as intricately tied to the franchise. Laurie Strode, played throughout the original films by Jamie Lee Curtis, first appeared in 1978`s Halloween and went on to define everything a final girl--the last surviving female horror movie victim that becomes the hero--could be.While Curtis appeared in a number of films throughout the franchise, many wondered if she`d ever return to Halloween when it was announced Blumhouse was resurrecting the series. Interestingly, it sounds as if the movie wouldn`t have happened without her.When asked if it would have been possible to do a new Halloween without Curtis reprising her role, producer Bill Block is blunt. `It`s a ten-second business conversation, and the answer is, `you can`t,`` he said.After all, it`s not as if you can simply recast someone else in such an iconic role. `We needed her or what else you`re going to do?` director and co-writer David Gordon Green wondered. `I mean, you could make a cast list, but you`d just roll your eyes at it. She`s the only Jamie Lee, so she`s the only Laurie Strode.`For Jason Blum, another producer, as important a piece as Curtis was of the puzzle, there was one person`s involvement he found more necessary. `We weren`t going to do the movie without John [Carpenter],` he explained. `I hoped that Jamie was going to do the movie and prayed. But if she didn`t, if she had said no, we would have.`However, according to Blum, there was a stipulation on Carpenter`s involvement--Curtis signing on. `John said something interesting when we were talking before,` Blum added. `He said he might not have, and if he dropped out, we would have dropped out. So maybe it would have been a whole different thing if she had said no.`In the end, fans should be thankful that Curtis loved the script and was willing to return to the role one more time. After all, if Blumhouse hadn`t been the ones to brin ...
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