Jamie Lee Curtis pushes for cast and crew to wear name tags on film sets to help eliminate power hierarchies from forming: 'There isn't hierarchy in art'

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There are many famous and well known actors and actresses working on film sets around the world on any given day.

Jamie Lee Curtis is among those celebrities who many people have gotten to know and recognize since her breakout performance in Halloween (1978).

And if she has her way while working everyone on set would be wearing a name tag on their shirt so all the cast and crew can be on an equal footing of familiarity.

'There's something really uneven about our position on a set, on a movie, in this arena,' the legendary Scream Queen, 65, said during an appearance on a recent episode of Kevin Hart's SiriusXM podcast Gold Minds. 'You guys know our names, we don't know yours. There's something inequitable to me about that.'

By having everyone on set wearing name tags, Curtis hopes to end the unfair hierarchies that can appear when one set of people has been deemed to have most of the power.

Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, has advocated for all cast and crew to wear name tags on set as a small way to help eliminate power hierarchies that can lead to problems and a lack of respect

Jamie Lee Curtis, 65, has advocated for all cast and crew to wear name tags on set as a small way to help eliminate power hierarchies that can lead to problems and a lack of respect

Cutis put the practice to use on the set of Halloween Kills (2021), leading to the entire crew standing in silent solidarity with their hands behind their backs after the last scene was shot. And everyone was wearing a name tag. And the name tag said, "We are Laurie Strode"'

Cutis put the practice to use on the set of Halloween Kills (2021), leading to the entire crew standing in silent solidarity with their hands behind their backs after the last scene was shot. And everyone was wearing a name tag. And the name tag said, "We are Laurie Strode"'

Curtis then laid out the scenario of how she envisions all sets can be by making a small change like name tags.

'On a movie set, if we were all working together, we would all be wearing name tags so that tomorrow when we came in, I would be able to then say "good morning [Sabine]" without even [...] thought because I've learned her name,' the Santa Monica, California native explained, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. 

Typically, film sets are fast-paced, all-hands-on-deck environments where manners and power hierarchies can lead to problems and a lack of respect.

'I just want it to be equitable because it’s an important thing,' the True Lies star told Hart. 'It's art – there isn’t hierarchy in art. It's supposed to be a group of people.' 

Cutis put the practice to use on the set of Halloween Kills (2021), leading to the entire crew standing in silent solidarity with their hands behind their backs after the last emotional scene was shot. And everyone was wearing a name tag. And the name tag said, "We are Laurie Strode.""

Her passion for equal rights and inclusion has also been expressed in political arena over her lifetime.

In fact, Curtis, who has also advocated for her progressive values when it comes to her politics, has written op-eds in support of electing more women to public office, denounced right-wing attacks on members of the LGBTQ+ community, and offered her support for Democrats in state-wide elections.

'There's something really uneven about our position on a set, on a movie, in this arena,' the legendary Scream Queen said during an appearance on a recent episode of Kevin Hart's SiriusXM podcast Gold Minds. 'You guys know our names, we don't know yours. There's something inequitable to me about that'

'There's something really uneven about our position on a set, on a movie, in this arena,' the legendary Scream Queen said during an appearance on a recent episode of Kevin Hart's SiriusXM podcast Gold Minds. 'You guys know our names, we don't know yours. There's something inequitable to me about that'

'On a movie set, if we were all working together, we would all be wearing name tags so that tomorrow when we came in, I would be able to then say "good morning [Sabine]" without even [...] thought because I've learned her name,' the Santa Monica, California native explained

'On a movie set, if we were all working together, we would all be wearing name tags so that tomorrow when we came in, I would be able to then say "good morning [Sabine]" without even [...] thought because I've learned her name,' the Santa Monica, California native explained

Curtis and Hart recently got to share a set together when they both were part of the cast for Eli Roth's big screen adaptation of the beloved video game Borderlands, which just premiered in theaters on Thursday, August 8

Curtis and Hart recently got to share a set together when they both were part of the cast for Eli Roth's big screen adaptation of the beloved video game Borderlands, which just premiered in theaters on Thursday, August 8

Curtis and Hart recently got to share a set together when they both were part of the cast for Eli Roth's big screen adaptation of the beloved video game Borderlands.

Along with Hart and Curtis, the sci-fi action-comedy stars Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, and Gina Gershon.

Borderlands had its premiere event at the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on August 6, and then debuted in theaters two days later in its widespread release.

Most recently, Curtis has been shooting the long-awaited sequel to Freaky Friday with co-star Lindsay Lohan since late June. 

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