Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Jamie Lee Curtis

This list obviously had to feature the original scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis's breakout role was that of Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), which she reprised for most of its sequels. After the film's initial success, Curtis appeared in a string of 1980s slasher flicks before moving on to other genres.

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The More You Know

  • While shooting 'Batman Begins' (2005) in Chicago, a drunk driver panicked and crashed into the Batmobile because he thought it was an invading alien.spacecraft
  • The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.
  • Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn failed his driving test eight times.
  • A "Harry Potter" stunt double was paralyzed on the job.
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