Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Behind-the-Scenes Video of ‘My Girl’ Cast’s Musical Moment, Ties to Title


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  • Jamie Lee Curtis is looking back at 1991’s My Girl
  • Sharing a special behind-the-scenes video of the cast performing a unique take on The Temptations’ ‘My Girl’
  • The film was a box office success, making over $120 million, and was followed up by 1994’s My Girl 2, which saw Chlumsky, Curtis and Aykroyd reprise their roles. 

Jamie Lee Curtis is sharing a special memory from the My Girl set.

On Sunday, Nov. 30, the actress, shared a behind-the-scenes video in which the cast of the 1991 film sang a remixed version of The Temptations’ “My Girl,” while talking about the movie’s title switch.

The film starred Anna Chlumsky, now 44, as Vada Sultenfuss, a quirky 11-year-old girl coming of age in the summer of 1972 while also grappling with being a hypochondriac and obsessed with death. Macaulay Culkin, now 45, played her friend Thomas Jay, who died from an allergic reaction to bee stings. Dan Aykroyd, now 73, played her father, while Curtis, now 67, played her father’s girlfriend (and Vada’s future stepmother).

In the video’s caption, she explained, “Yes, you can add songwriter to my credits. My Girl‘s original title was Born Jaundiced. Also, I Am Woman and Veda!”

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“I convinced the rest of the cast that we could go shoot this in a little studio and sweet Anna recorded it in a little sound booth. I thought I was the only one with a copy of this. It was a crew gift that we gave to the wonderful group of people that came together to make that wonderful movie,” she shared.

“How fun to see you today. The hot pants outfit was rejected by our director Howard Zeiff and he was so right that it was wrong for Shelley to wear for her interview at the mortuary, but I got to wear it for the little video shoot.”

The video shows Ann Nelson playing the bass while Chlumsky sings. Aykroyd is on guitar, with Curtis playing a tambourine as Culkin took on the drums and Griffine Dunne played the keyboard.

Dan Aykroyd putting money into Macaulay Culkin’s swear box.

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In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Curtis talked about her memories from making the film, including her admiration for her young costars.

Watching a clip from the film, Curtis remarked, “This is emotional for me because they were so young,”

“I loved My Girl. That was another beautiful, unexpected, beautiful little bit of work and a wonderful character that I got to play,” she continued. “I’ve played a lot of moms, worked with a lot of young actors, and Macaulay and Anna were so great.”

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