When both sisters wish upon a shooting star to become each other, their dreams come true! Although clearly different, the sisters use their talents to help each other. ![]() Alexia (Katherine Heigl) is a popular 18-year-old who could care less about school, while her 15-year-old sister Hayley (Danielle Harris) is shy, studious, and happens to be in love with Alexia’s jock boyfriend Kyle. Staying in the “family body-swap” realm, Wish Upon a Star is a story of opposite sisters who come to understand each other better while simultaneously ruining each other’s reputations. During the mix-up, Anna learns how much her brother admires her and how happy Tess’s fiancé makes her, while Tess learns how mean Anna’s ex-best friend really is… and how to really rock ‘n’ roll on stage! Now it is a race against time-with Tess’s wedding in just a few days-to switch back. The next morning, Anna sees that she’s now inside Tess’s “crypt keeper” (her words!) body, and Tess sees that she’s in Anna’s youthful body, topped off with grungy maroon nail polish. ![]() After Tess and Anna each open a magical fortune cookie, an earthquake occurs-shaking up the film. The film focuses on overworked mother Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and angsty daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan). This is a body-swap film that continues to take pop-culture by storm 20 years later (with the film’s music honored by a just-released, limited-edition D23 Member-exclusive pin). D23 is taking a look down body-switch lane, with similarly themed films and TV show episodes: Films Disney’s Freaky Friday starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan premiered in theaters on August 6, 2003… which means it just celebrated its big 20th anniversary! The Walt Disney Company has released a plethora of films both before and after this hilarious body-swap comedy, in which characters come to understand each other better by walking (at least) a mile in each other’s shoes.
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