Jamie Lee Curtis reveals regret after replacing an Australian actress in 80s film Road Games

She is the original scream queen whose acclaimed career spans four decades.

And Jamie Lee Curtis has spoken about her regret while working on the 1981 Australian thriller, Road Games.

The 59-year-old told Stellar she felt ‘so bad and so sh*tty’ about the experience and replacing a local actress.  

The veteran movie star, who was cast as American hitchhiker Pamela, explained that upon arriving in Australia she noticed an uneasy feeling among the production crew.

‘I finally found out when I was sitting there and somebody said, ‘Yeah, there was an actress already doing your part — and they basically fired her to bring you on.’

She had replaced Australian actress Lisa Peer, whose resume now includes TV dramas such as A Place to Call Home and All Saints.

On set: She said, ‘I finally found out when I was sitting there and somebody said, ‘Yeah, there was an actress already doing your part — and they basically fired her to bring you on’

Talent: Jamie Lee replaced Australian actress Lisa Peer (pictured in on TV drama All Saints). She had replaced Australian actress Lisa Peer, whose resume now includes TV dramas such as A Place to Call Home and All Saints

Unbeknownst to Jamie Lee, she was cast in the film because conflicting local production companies who wanted an American talent to boost the movie’s status when it hit the box office.

Speaking about her experience of filming in Australia at the time, she said, ‘We (the cast and crew) ended up out on the road, travelling between Perth and Adelaide, just a little band of filmmakers.’

‘It was a weird vibe. I remember feeling so bad and so sh*tty,’ she said.  

‘It was a weird vibe’:  Unbeknownst to Jamie Lee, she was cast in the film because conflicting local production companies who wanted an American talent to boost the movie’s status when it hit the box office. Pictured: Road Games stars Stacy Keach (left) and Jamie Lee Curtis (right)

Jamie Lee will reprise her iconic role as Laurie Strode in the sixth Halloween film, set for release in Australia next month.

She revealed to EW she was very emotional during filming, telling the publication, ‘I started crying the day I arrived.’

‘I didn’t stop crying until the day I left. I didn’t expect it. I knew [Laurie] would be fierce, I knew she’d be galvanized, I knew I’d be tired, I knew I would work hard.

‘I did not know that it would move me so deeply, the whole experience of the movie. It took me a good month [to recover],’ she added. 

Scream queen: Jamie Lee will reprise her iconic role as Laurie Strode in the sixth Halloween film, set for release in Australia next month. She told EW ‘I did not know that it would move me so deeply, the whole experience of the movie. It took me a good month [to recover]’