And, of course, Brooks was was one of the producers. And then I had seen Edge of Seventeen, which Kelly directed, which I thought was out of this world. Well, first of all, it was the book and Judy. I think is an amazing writer, and I've gotten to know her a little bit.Ĭonsidering the book has a history of being banned, it's timely and controversial. I wish I had read it back then, because of the message that it gives to young women, young girls who are becoming women. When I was offered the film, I read the book, and it was such an incredible book. In the 70s, I was in Washington protesting the Vietnam War when the book came out. Bates recently wrapped a new iteration of the drama series Matlock, which she says is "not your grandmother's Matlock." "Spending 50 years of your life doing something you love, I'm so grateful." Bates has been doing great "kitchen work" for years, but credits Ryan Murphy for "kicking off this third act" after her Emmy-winning turn on American Horror Story. We're gathering all this stuff for the soup and putting this in the pot and that in the pot," until a character appears. To find Sylvia, Bates remembers something Jessica Tandy once told her. "I think the heart of acting is dress up.you play dress up and finally this character appears." Bates plays Sylvia, Margaret's grandmother, one of many obstacles Margaret must contend with as she faces puberty, adolescence, religion and discovering her early sexuality in the 1970s. Read the original article on Southern Living.When you're in a film adapted from a beloved young adult novel like Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (April 28), every aspect of the movie has to be just right, so obviously directors turn to Kathy Bates. The pilot is currently in production at CBS.įor more Southern Living news, make sure to sign up for our newsletter! Matlock, which Bates is set to star in and executive produce, is described as a “gender-swap reboot” of the classic legal drama series about folksy criminal defense lawyer Ben Matlock. If you're an actor, it's your life force. Why haven't they sent a script yet?” she continued with a laugh. ![]() ![]() And there I am, sitting, looking at my watch. “So I hung up and I was kind of grumpy and gruff. You have to let them know by Monday,’” Bates recalled to Parade. They said, ‘Listen, they're doing a pilot of Matlock. “After I swore to my agent-I said, ‘That's it, I'm done I'm out of here’-I got offered this Matlock pilot. The Memphis-native said that something “funny” happened not long after she decided that she was done with show business that had her right back in the saddle. And it really knocked me off my beam.”īut Bates, like the rest of us, knows that life is rarely black and white-especially when it comes to our passions. But sometimes, there are films that you just give everything, and then they take what you've given them and they ruin it, and there's nothing you can do about it. “You go into projects and you have such high hopes and you realize as a film actor, you really don't have any control over how they edit it, and it's very frustrating,” Bates explained to Parade. The Oscar winner didn’t identify the film that nearly caused her to walk away from the industry, but she did make it very clear that she was unhappy with how it turned out. And that's sort of been the way that it's been for me for years,” Bates, 74, shared in a recent interview with Parade.īates, who described herself as in her “third act” of life, is currently shooting a movie in North Carolina with Diane Keaton and Alfre Woodard. I'm done.’ And then all of a sudden, all these opportunities popped up. ![]() “Last year, I had gone through a difficult experience with a film, and I just thought, ‘Oh, that's it. That is, until the opportunity to reboot a classic Andy Griffith character came knocking. The one-and-only Kathy Bates nearly bid farewell to Hollywood for good, recently.
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