After five decades in Hollywood, the Oscar and Emmy-winning actress, Kathy Batesrevealed that she is ready to quit acting. The esteemed performer will retire following CBS’s Matlock reboot, which will premiere on September 22 and then air on Paramount+.
“This is my last dance”he simply told The New York Times in a new interview published Sunday.
In fact, Bates revealed she was ready to retire early, after a film shoot fell through for her (she didn’t specify the production) late last year. However, in January 2024, her agents sent her the script for the series, whose premise (a reimagining of the classic legal TV drama) intrigued the actress as someone who has faced injustice earlier in her career, she said.
“Everything I’ve prayed for, everything I’ve worked for, everything I’ve fought for, I’m suddenly being asked to use it all,” she said of the series. “And it is exhausting”.
With a series of 18 episodes, Matlock It’s not relaxing at all. The remake of the late 80s original (starring Andy Griffith) follows the return of a brilliant lawyer to a prestigious law firm after having achieved success in her younger years. It will also feature the participation of Jason Ritter, Skye P. Marshall and Beau BridgesShowrunner Jennie Snyder Urman is producing.
The extensive career of Kathy Bates
Bates is best known for her Oscar-winning role as Annie Wilkes in Misery from 1990, about a violent hermit who kidnaps a famous novelist. She had roles in films such as Fried Green Tomatoes, Titanic and Richard Jewellamong others.
Later, he had arcs on television shows such as Six Feet Under, The Office, Two and a Half Men and American Horror Story: CovenShe won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for the latter two projects.
He also starred in the 2017 two-season Netflix sitcom Disjointedwhich follows the owner of a medical dispensary. His latest roles were in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and A Family Affair from Netflix, along with Nicole Kidman.
“It becomes my life,” Bates said of the all-consuming nature of acting. “Sometimes I feel jealous that I have this talent. Because I can’t contain it and I just want my life.”
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