Jamie Lee Curtis' Energy 'Could Power a Small Country,' SaysThe StickyCostar Chris Diamantopoulos (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Chris Diamantopoulos and Jamie Lee Curtis.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Chris Diamantopoulossays working withThe StickycostarJamie Lee Curtiswas a “career highlight.”The 49-year-old actor tells PEOPLE how motivating it was to be on the set of the new Prime Video series with theOscar winner, 66.“Jamie Lee could power a small country with her energy, her enthusiasm, her positivity,” he says. “She would show up on set, and from the moment she got to set until we were done, she was at an 11. She was right up there, and you couldn’t escape that.”“If you woke up a little under the weather or maybe a little blue, a little down, or a little low energy, within a few seconds of being in her presence, you were f—ing ready to go,” he adds.Working with theFreaky Fridaystar was wonderful and “everything I hoped for and so much more,” says Diamantopoulos, who previously appeared onThe OfficeandSilicon Valley.Chris Diamantopoulos Jamie Lee Curtis in “The Sticky”.Amazon StudiosThe pair star alongsideMargo Martindalein the new Amazon Prime seriesThe Sticky, based on the true story of the 2012 “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” which Diamantopoulos, a Toronto native, tells PEOPLE is a “sort of Canadian folklore.“Diamantopoulos’ mobster Mike Byrne teams up with Martindale’s maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry and Guillaume Cyr as security guard Remy Bouchard to pull a multi-million dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus.He notes that working with Curtis and Martindale, 73, “two masters of their craft at the height of their game,” was a “career highlight.”“These two powerhouses have taken their combined experience, talent, wisdom, generosity and empathy, and they’ve poured it into this,” he says. “I am the lucky benefactor who is able to go along this journey with them.“Chris Diamantopoulos on December 11, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Kayla Oaddams/FilmMagic“To lead a show like this requires not only [Martindale’s] talent, experience and energy, but a physicality and stamina that 18-year-olds wouldn’t have,” he adds.He explains although they were shooting 15-hour days and doing night shoots during the Canadian winter’s negative 20-degree weather, Martindale would motivate him to keep going. “She was coming up to me, slapping me in the back of the head, going, ‘Come on. Come on. Let’s go. Let’s do another take!’”“She was amazing,” he recalls. “Everyone on the crew loved her. These things can be exhausting, and you never would have known that with Margo. It was remarkable.”Chris Diamantopoulos and Margo Martindale in “The Sticky”.Jan Thijs/Amazon StudiosNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The Stickyseason 1 premieres on Friday, Dec. 6, on Prime Video.

Chris Diamantopoulossays working withThe StickycostarJamie Lee Curtiswas a “career highlight.”

The 49-year-old actor tells PEOPLE how motivating it was to be on the set of the new Prime Video series with theOscar winner, 66.

“Jamie Lee could power a small country with her energy, her enthusiasm, her positivity,” he says. “She would show up on set, and from the moment she got to set until we were done, she was at an 11. She was right up there, and you couldn’t escape that.”

“If you woke up a little under the weather or maybe a little blue, a little down, or a little low energy, within a few seconds of being in her presence, you were f—ing ready to go,” he adds.

Working with theFreaky Fridaystar was wonderful and “everything I hoped for and so much more,” says Diamantopoulos, who previously appeared onThe OfficeandSilicon Valley.

Chris Diamantopoulos Jamie Lee Curtis in “The Sticky”.Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios

The pair star alongsideMargo Martindalein the new Amazon Prime seriesThe Sticky, based on the true story of the 2012 “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” which Diamantopoulos, a Toronto native, tells PEOPLE is a “sort of Canadian folklore.”

Diamantopoulos’ mobster Mike Byrne teams up with Martindale’s maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry and Guillaume Cyr as security guard Remy Bouchard to pull a multi-million dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus.

He notes that working with Curtis and Martindale, 73, “two masters of their craft at the height of their game,” was a “career highlight.”

“These two powerhouses have taken their combined experience, talent, wisdom, generosity and empathy, and they’ve poured it into this,” he says. “I am the lucky benefactor who is able to go along this journey with them.”

Chris Diamantopoulos on December 11, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Kayla Oaddams/FilmMagic

Kayla Oaddams/FilmMagic

“To lead a show like this requires not only [Martindale’s] talent, experience and energy, but a physicality and stamina that 18-year-olds wouldn’t have,” he adds.

He explains although they were shooting 15-hour days and doing night shoots during the Canadian winter’s negative 20-degree weather, Martindale would motivate him to keep going. “She was coming up to me, slapping me in the back of the head, going, ‘Come on. Come on. Let’s go. Let’s do another take!’”

“She was amazing,” he recalls. “Everyone on the crew loved her. These things can be exhausting, and you never would have known that with Margo. It was remarkable.”

Chris Diamantopoulos and Margo Martindale in “The Sticky”.Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios

Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios

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The Stickyseason 1 premieres on Friday, Dec. 6, on Prime Video.

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