Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis.Photo: Greg Doherty/Getty Images
Curtis, 64, is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role inEverything Everywhere All at Once, and toldEntertainment Tonightthat her husband,Christopher Guest, will be her date on the big night next month.
“I’m bringing my husband,” she said of her spouse of 37 years before joking of Guest, 75, “I’mforcing him to go with me. Poor guy.”
The actress also shared that her husband actually played a role in her accepting the job for the movie, which has swept awards-show season and is themost-nominated film of this year’s Oscars.
“It was shot in L.A. All theHalloweenmovies were shot in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,” Curtis toldET, joking in addition, “I have a family, I have a dog, I have a husband — notice the order that I said that in.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Jamie Lee Curtis at the Oscar nominees luncheon.JC Olivera/Getty Images
“I don’t mean that in any way disparagingly to my sweet husband, but you know what I’m saying. I mean, I have friends, I have a life here, and I have to leave it all the time,” she continued.
Curtis added that ifEverything Everywhere All at Oncehad been shot in Georgia, like theHalloweenmovies she referenced, she potentially wouldn’t have starred in it.
Luckily, it was close to home, and — bonus! — starredMichelle Yeoh.
“But because it was Los Angeles and Michelle Yeoh was gonna be Evelyn, I said yes immediately,” the longtime actress toldET.
RELATED VIDEO: Oscars 2023 Nominations: Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler and Ana de Armas Among Nominees
It’s been a celebratory month for Curtis, who was also nominated for aGolden GlobeandCritics' Choice Awardfor the film.
The day shelearned of her Oscar nomination, she spent that morning with her best friend Debbie Oppenheimer, an Oscar-winning documentarian who arrived at Curtis' house at 5:15 a.m. to watch the nominations come in.
“It wasa shocking morning,” she told PEOPLE of the experience. “Unexpected and delightful.”
Even with such an exciting accolade, Curtis went back to work that day — alongside a fellow 2023 Oscar nominee.
“And then I went to work on the re-shoots forBorderlandswithCate Blanchett, and she had been nominated that morning, as [had] our sound designer,” she said. “So, we had a cake, and it was celebratory, but then we worked.”
Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh.Christopher Polk/NBC via Getty Images
Oppenheimer arriving at her house was a moment many resonated with, as Curtis shared more about the morning in an Instagram post later that day.
“THISIS WHAT SURPRISE LOOKS LIKE! One of my oldest besties texted me at 5:15 that she was sitting in front of my house and did I want company watching the announcements,” she wrote in the lengthy caption.
“There she was in the pitch black, freezing, cold in a parka. She came in and sat with me as I had sat with her the day she was heading toward the Oscar ceremony, the year she won. We held hands. I didn’t even realize she took pictures,” Curtis continued.
source: people.com
