Jamie Lee Curtis asks for crew to wear name tags on set

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Jamie Lee Curtis has revealed that she asks all crew members to wear name tags on the sets of her films.The actor made the revelation as she appeared on a recent episode of the SiriusXM podcast Gold Minds, hosted by Kevin Hart.During the interview, the Halloween star addressed how she tries to implement a relatively uncommon practice into the sets that she works on, wearing name tags.

This, she explained was in the hopes of making the environment fairer for staff, and allowing her to refer to people by their names.“There’s something really uneven about our position on a set, on a movie, in this arena,” she said. “You guys know our names, we don’t know yours.

There’s something inequitable to me about that.”She continued: “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 [a second] thought, because I’ve learned her name.”As the interview progressed, she went on to suggest that with the fast-paced environment made at film sets, it can be easy to prioritise speed and efficiency over human interaction and basic levels of respect – hence why she pushes for the name tags to be implemented.“I just want it to be equitable because it’s an important thing,” she concluded. “It’s art – there isn’t hierarchy in art.

It’s supposed to be a group of people.”Curtis also spoke about the push to make name tags more common back in 2021, when she was promoting the horror film Halloween Kills.Taking part in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter (via Entertainment Weekly) around the time, the actor revealed that during her last scene of filming, the entire crew gathered around and showed their appreciation by all.