Jamie Lee Curtis shocked by mother Janet Leigh’s romantic connection to her new film: ‘Born from one thing a lot larger’

• Jamie Lee Curtis spoke about "The Misplaced Bus" on the 2025 Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.
• The Oscar winner revealed that she was shocked to study that mother Janet Leigh had a romantic connection to the actual one that impressed the movie.
• Curtis mentioned it was proof that the inspirational movie was "born from one thing a lot larger."

Working as a producer on Matthew McConaughey's new film, The Misplaced Bus, ledJamie Lee Curtis to discover a gorgeous connection between the fabric and her late mom, Janet Leigh, who died in 2004.

The Oscar-winning actress revealed Friday evening on the movie's world-premiere screening on the 2025 Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant that, after boarding the Paul Greengrass-directed mission alongside producer Jason Blum in 2021, she wished to fulfill with the real-life individuals who impressed the movie's story.

Curtis recalled to the viewers her first assembly with the actual Kevin McKay (McConaughey), a bus driver who, alongside trainer Mary Ludwig (America Ferrera), navigated to security a college bus full of kids throughout California's lethal 2018 Camp Fireplace.

She mentioned McKay knowledgeable her of "the final completely satisfied reminiscence" he had along with his mom previous to the hearth, which he mentioned concerned taking his mother out to see Curtis in 2018's Halloween sequel.

"That was very transferring," Curtis noticed. "Instantly, I felt a kinship. Then, I spoke to Mary. Mary was way more guarded than Kevin. Kevin was gregarious. Mary was slightly extra involved."

Curtis remembered that Ludwig, too, recalled a "bizarre connection" to the actress.

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"She mentioned, 'My father dated your mom.' [I asked], 'For actual?' I mentioned, 'The place?' She mentioned, 'Merced, Calif.," Curtis recounted. "Now, you guys know my mom as Janet Leigh, however earlier than she was Janet Leigh, she was Jeanette Helen Morrison from Merced, Calif., and Mary Ludwig's father dated Jeanette."

The viewers inside town's Princess of Wales theater gasped at Curtis' admission, with the performer noting that the connection stunned her as effectively.

Curtis burdened that "this second with Kevin and Mary was born from one thing a lot larger," and celebrated "the truth that we're all right here along with you on the world premiere of a film about their story instructed by a grasp produced by a grasp, is only a thrilling, bizarre, connect-the-dots [moment]" earlier than the occasion ended.

In an unique interview with Leisure Weekly, McConaughey opened up about making the film.

"Hell yeah!" the Oscar-winning Dallas Consumers Membership star mentioned when requested about experiencing any shut calls with precise flames throughout manufacturing.

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"I acquired to know that rattling bus actual effectively, and I truly drove it," he continued. "I'm proud to say I may drive that bus, and I did all of the driving and that stuff, and I beloved doing that driving 'trigger it was pressing. It was enjoyable. It was truly scary as a result of flames and lifeless ends and stuff had been popping up throughout.

The Misplaced Bus enters restricted theatrical launch onSept. 19, earlier than streaming Oct. 3 on Apple TV+.

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