European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse True Rise of j. 20th Century Fox. A. 20th Century Fox two sides of Jamie Lee Curtis Helen Tasker in True lies which opens Friday on the cafes circuit. Is meant to make audiences forget All about last Summers uneasy Schwarzenegger business with last action hero. Along the Way however they re intended to find out about Curtis Helen who begins As a stereotype wife with emotional horizons As repressed As her hair but who blossoms into the partner most responsible for the talk about a a Nick amp Nora of the �?T90s�?� franchise. I a i think this truly was thought about As an Arnold project with these other people in it a she says happily exclaiming a ooh Plee Eze id have to be crazy Quot not to be interested in being Helen again if the script and deals were right. A this always will be an Arnold project As it should be Quot she adds quickly a but these characters have a resonance with people who have seen adapted and exploded by Cameron from a Small French comedy called la total this is a James Bond movie without the Chickies a superspy extravaganza with a parallel life consciously in the marital Fidelity zeitgeist. Schwarzenegger plays a glamorous spy who comes Home at night to a bored wife who for 15 years has believed he Sells computers. She gets restless. She dances a striptease while pretending to. Be a Hooker. She shoots up the Arab terrorists. She punches Arnold in the face. She hangs from that helicopter. Soon she will be in the True lies video game. This is a Domestic romantic comedy and High tech action cartoon that lets the Little Rohian live the adventure too. Curtis says its a the Best role in be Ever and even those who lean More naturally toward her Blithe con artist in a fish called Wanda can figure out Why she thinks so. Helen a transformation uses elements from All the major stages of the actress Peculiar opus. She can be the scream Queen from her Early halloween years the offbeat sexpot from trading places and perfect and the romantic comedian from Wanda and her late to series anything but love. By Linda Winer Bernheimer new Day n the Day before her 35th birthday Jamie Lee Curtis Hung from a helicopter 250 feet in the air at 60 Mph As Helen Arnold Schwarzenegger a Mousy wife turned action heroine in True lies which opens Friday at cafes Heaters. And in the week when her 23-year-old half brother Nicholas died unexpectedly in Boston she had to Fly Back from the funeral to promote the $100 million plus movie that May catapult her into the sort of International blockbuster status that changes careers and salary Scales forever. So Here she is looking smart and Leggy and a understandably a tightly wound for one who claims to think of herself As a a a cheerleader rallying the troops through life. She gets a Little Cranky when the photographer tries to get her to pose a a in Man actress not a Model Quot and is annoyed to hear herself use the of word a couple of times a i done to swear anymore Quot she snaps. But she softens when asked about Nicholas part of an extended family by her father Tony Curtis. A i worked very hard on this film for a year of my life. My brother would have loved this movie. He would have just thought i was the coolest if preview audiences Are an indication he would not have been alone. The movie directed by James Cameron auteur behind both Henrj Nwafor movie True lies review on Page 10 Cameron has spoken of the a great Chemis a ,. Try be tween Curtis. And Schwarzenegger. A a they re both Good with comedy they re both very physical. They seem to somehow balance each other out very Curtis a Long past having to declare her Independent identity from Mother Janet Leigh and the father she Calls a a Tony a says she feels a weird Quot analysing her a map 1 she hesitates to speculate on the casting decision but confides a i think Jim a Only reluctance was because my figure had been sort of. Popularized. Early in my work that Helen would be seen As a stunt performance and when the Transfer-1 mation comes you arc smacking yourself in the head and going a Ash i knew it All the a instead a ooh. Of huh Owooh a is the Way she describes her intended effect in where Suzy housewife starts playing out her fantasies in the striptease. A i had the Best time. How often do you get to do that a she does no to mean it was easy. A please to say i Wasny tas neurotic As any woman would be who was going to do that dance to say i did no to diet to say i did no to go to the gym i did a lot of leg lifts squats anything to firm up my body,.because i was about to be photographed for the rest of time in my a string and Bra Quot. Actually with Curtis this is not exactly an uncharted adventure. Although her Long narrow body. And face suggest a sort of Gawky androgynous sensuality her breasts Are really pretty famous. A a amp a interview in Playboy in 1985 asked the question a what is the second Best thing about your body without even having to mention the first. A my Chest has been legendary for a Long time a she says. A i. Done to get it. But if that is what can i say. I done to. Fine.�?�. Curtis no longer what she herself once described As a a a party girl a met her husband Christopher guest 10 years ago after relating to the Way he smirked instead of smiled in a rolling Stone photo spread about the classic Rock parody this. Is spinal tap. They live in Santa Monica with daughter Annie 7, the inspiration fori among other thing two children a books by Curtis and a diaper Invin Tion she has patented but wont produce until a they make diapers that biodegrade in she says she a Trade who i am today with who i was a year ago and wants us to know for sure that a a in a not putting my foot in the grave. But this is a Point of reflection a time to examine the Road and if you want to get off and go Down another in fact she is still a terribly angry and disappointed about the cancellation of her to series anything but love co starring Richard Lewis. A it was the Only time Ever in the history of television when the producing Side of the show not the network cancelled it Quot she says warming to the subject. �?oaj3c did not cancel it. Fox television cancelled it some Genius said that somewhere Down the line this won t make us any Money and literally the first week after the new year when we were expect. Ing to work another 11 weeks Fox cancelled us a she says. A no the top shows Are All romantic comedies with jewish males so what does this mean a. So she a cruised into 35&Quot As maybe the next action heroine approved a computer generated image of herself for the True lies video game and dreamed of a a Helen doll that rips off her dress and Slicks Back her hair and hangs from a . Asked if there is Ever a time when she stops and asks herself a Komi god what am i doing Here Quot she looks her interrogator right in the Eye and says a i have moments like that Many times. I am having a moment like that right los Angol Stimes Washington Post news son ice j july 24. 1994 sunday Page 9
