{"id":40397,"date":"2026-08-12T08:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40397"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:16:33","slug":"jamie-lee-curtis-explains-why-she-hated-filming-new-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40397","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lee Curtis Explains Why She Hated Filming New Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jamie_lee_curtis\"><strong>Jamie Lee Curtis<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> is only telling her truth\u2014no lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">True Lies<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> actress shared her candid thoughts about guest starring on the \u201cvery funny\u201d TV show <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">New Girl<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, on which she appeared as <\/span><strong>Zooey Deschanel<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2019s mom in six episodes between 2012 and 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI did a single-camera [show], which I hated,\u201d Curtis said Aug. 10 at NBCUniversal\u2019s Summer Backlot Experience, as seen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/Db3381EyU6A\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">in video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> captured by <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. \u201cIt\u2019s a good show, but doing it is just like doing a movie. You\u2019ve got a camera crew, and nobody laughs. It\u2019s silent and it\u2019s awful. For me, awful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Indeed, the 68-year-old emphasized her disdain was rooted in the structure of the show\u2014which lacked a studio audience due to its set and its use of a single camera for filming\u2014and wasn\u2019t because of the comedy\u2019s cast, which also include <\/span><strong>Max Greenfield<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, <\/span><strong>Lamorne Morris<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, <\/span><strong>Jake Johnson<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> and <\/span><strong>Hannah Simone<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">As the Oscar winner put it, \u201cSingle-camera comedies, for me, not fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">That\u2019s why Curtis has fond memories starring in the multi-camera sitcom <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Anything But Love<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, a gig she recently called her \u201cfavorite job ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Lee Curtis is only telling her truth\u2014no lies. 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