Jamie Lee Curtis is more than familiar with the horrors of Hollywood, on screen and in real life, so theres perhaps no better person for an actor going head-to-head with a major studio to have in their corner.

Consider Scarlett Johansson in good company, as Curtis has fiercely come to her defense in her ongoing legal battle with Disney over the hybrid release of Marvel s standalone Black Widow film this summer.

In a lawsuit filed in July, Johansson claimed that Disney breached her contract and shortchanged her pay to boost its own streaming service by simultaneously dropping the much-delayed blockbuster in theaters and on Disney+.

While Johanssons public supporters have been few, Curtis didnt mince words in a piece honoring Johansson as one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People for its annual issue.

I recently watched her own the screen as the Black Widow, who exacts revenge on a powerful figure who manipulates (emphasis on man) women to fight for him, Curtis wrote in an essay published on Wednesday. And then I saw her brilliant response to a real-life manipulation (same emphasis), when she filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the studio, alleging its decision to release the film simultaneously in theaters and on streaming cost her substantial losses in pay.

Whether as an assassin with a conscience, an actor with an emotional center or, having just given birth to her second child, a fierce mother, the message is clear: Dont f-ck with this mama bear, Curtis continued.