Ever since we saw Kathy Bates swing the hammer in Misery, she has had a special place in our hearts.
Therefore, the news I am about to tell you will make you sad. The actress told The New York Times that her upcoming series Matlock will be her last acting project.
“Everything I’ve prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to be asked to use all of it. And it’s exhausting,” the 76-year-old told the interviewer. “This is my last dance.”
So we must watch every episode of the legal procedural, which debuts on September 22nd; this way, she can never retire.
Something she might not have comtemplated had she not worked on an undisclosed movie that soured her to the entertainment industry. Matlock, which was pitched to her a few after that shoot, turned out to be the one project she felt was the perfect way for her to say goodbye to acting.
Before Kathy Bates played Molly Brown in the Oscar-winning movie Titanic, Reba McEntire was cast in the role. Shortly before filming started she had to drop out. She explained to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live why she was forced to jump ship.
Before Reba had her own sitcom, she was on the road all the time. When she accepted the role, she scheduled a definitive 3 months for the movie and then planned to go on tour. Which meant she hired a lot of people and booked a bunch of dates. Therefore, when they told her production had been delayed, she was forced to give up a role that could have changed her life. She had too many people depending on her to do the shows that she could not say no to all of them.
As much as I like Reba, I prefer Bates in the part. Not only does she look like the Unsinkable Molly Brown, but she was also perfect in the film. What do you think?
We have seen Kathy Bates as just a head on American Horror Story, a pot store owner on Disjointed and now we are seeing her mouth Naught By Nature’s Hip Hop Hooray on Lip Sync Battle on Spike TV. Is there anything the Oscar winner cannot do? I’m waiting. Didn’t think so!
Even tonight at 8p, she totally nails it as Amy Farrah Fowler’s mom on The Big Bang Theory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly019ZF0lsk
Chuck Lorre is finally going to cable with Netflix’s Disjointed and I cannot wait to see what rules he finally gets to break. He is not held down by censors, he is free to write curses and that means this show about a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary is going to be one wild ride we are not going to want to get off. Especially, if we are smoking that the show starring Kathy Bates is about.
Get your bongs ready because you are not going to want miss a single hit when you binge watch this sitcom starting on August 25th.
Kathy Bates was on Late Night yesterday and she told him a story that she wasn’t supposed to from her past.
She was talking to the NBC late night host about a scene in her upcoming movie Bad Santa 2 with a pink dildo and that reminded her of an experience she had with an ex. Many years ago when she was dating a “rough guy,” they took a trip to Chicago. Outside of their hotel was a Sex Shoppe, so they stopped off to buy some toys for their stay. While they were in the elevator, her dildo went off in front of the other people that were trapped in the confined area with her. Since it was brand new, she didn’t know how to shut it off. So her Misery was literally all the buzz.
