It would have seemed an improbable twist of fate for Jamie Lee Curtis to imagine, three decades after her blockbuster film True Lies, that she would be enthusiastically discussing a new television series – a scenario as unlikely as performing her iconic helicopter stunt without special effects. Yet, that is precisely where the acclaimed actor finds herself, co-executive producing and starring alongside Nicole Kidman in the highly anticipated Prime Video mystery crime series, Scarpetta.
"I guarantee you when I was … literally hanging under a helicopter above the Florida Keys over the Seven Mile Bridge in Florida, I did not imagine I’d be sitting in New York City that many years later with Nicole Kidman," Curtis reflected. "Not only being co-bosses on a show, but then also playing her slutty sister. I was not imagining that as my future." The Oscar winners lead the adaptation of Patricia Cornwell's popular novels, set to premiere on 11 March. Curtis credits Kidman as a pivotal figure in Hollywood who has helped diminish the perceived divide between film and television roles, particularly with her work on prestige series such as Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers.
