The delicious “Freaker Friday” is in theaters this weekend, and it is a wonderful recovery for Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, as two star stars “Freaky Friday” beloved from 2003 returns to the exchange of body. But this time, they have company, and they are not only “weapons” at the box office.
Julia Butters (above on the left) joins the cast as Harper, the rebel girl, Surf lovers and adolescents of Anna (Lohan), and Sophia Hammons plays Lily, the daughter of Anna’s future husband, Eric (Manny Jacinto), who just wants to return home to London, so that she can study to be a fashion designer. Harper and Lily are completely disagreeing with each other, and the last thing they want is to become a mixed family, because it probably means that one of them will end up somewhere that they do not want to be.
It is this wrinkle that makes the body to four samples in the center of “Freak plus Friday” a little more interesting, because when Harper finds himself in Anna’s body and Lily finds himself in the body of Grandmother Tess (Curtis), they realize that they are now having the power to ensure that Anna and Eric do not marry.
The hijinks and hilarity follow, but of course, there is a pretty emotional core for the film, just like the original “Freaky Friday”, even if it becomes occasionally a little too chaotic with an exchange of body of four people. But the main reason why the film works so well is that Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons stand, both in a comical and dramatic way.
If you are wondering where you’ve already seen them, Hammons is always an arrival, and the only thing you could recognize it is the Hulu series “Up here”. However, with regard to Julia Butters, she was a child actor who made her screen debut in the longtime “criminal minds” in 2014. But there is a much more recognizable role that will probably ring.
Julia Butters was the young actor impressed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino has done a good job to support rising stars in small roles that end up offering acclaimed performance. In fact, the famous “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” turned out to be a completely starred generator, with small but key support roles Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Sydney Sweeney (“Euphoria”) and Maya Hawke (“Stanger Things”).
However, you may have forgotten that Julia Butters was another young face in the support cast, especially since she was much younger than the above-mentioned boom. This is because she played the actor of the child Trudi Fraser, the young experienced star who appeared in an episode of “Bounty Law” with Rick Dalton by Leonardo DiCaprio. In case you don’t remember, Trudi Fraser has obtained the whole introduction into the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3-va0umxty
Butters plays Trudi as a young early actor (not the actress!) Who launches Rick Dalton for a little loop with his extremely professional approach and mature action, not to mention his sage beyond his years in a relaxed conversation. This is the kind of scene that shows that Butters was always going to be a talent to keep an eye on.
But it is not the most memorable scene. It comes when Trudi and Rick can play their big scene together, and after Dalton’s character delivered a fairly threatening monologue, Trudi compliments him saying: “It was the best actor I have ever seen in my whole life.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etzwnaix3jk
It’s a triumphant moment for Rick Dalton, but it was also only a moment in a growing career that will finally include much more for Butters. In addition to appearing on 90 episodes of “American Housewife” and eight episodes of “Transparent”, she has since appeared in the film by Russo Brothers “The Gray Man” and “The Fabelmans” by Steven Spielberg, as well as in an episode of “I think you should leave” with Tim Robinson, without mentioning the characters of the exonce in “Adventure Time” and Disney “Monster at Work”.
Now, “Freaker Friday” is another feather in his cap, showing that she grows and has a lot of reach to use. Butters has fun with a Slapstick comedy, but it also brings waterworks when the big beating heart of the film comes out. We will probably see many more butters in the future, and we can’t wait to see how his career develops.
