Bates wanted to star in 1991's 'Frankie and Johnny,' based on Terrence McNally's stage play, where she originated the role of ...

Kathy Bates revealed that Garry Marshall refused to cast her in a 1991 film because seeing a man kiss her onscreen "would not ...

Kathy Bates is recalling why director Garry Marshall didn't cast her in the film adaptation of 'Frankie and Johnny,' a stage ...

Kathy Bates claims the late Garry Marshall declined to cast her in the film adaptation of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de ...

Despite Kathy Bates originating the role of Frankie in the Off-Broadway production, she was allegedly denied the part for the ...

Kathy Bates says she lost the lead role in 1991's 'Frankie and Johnny' because director Garry Marshall "couldn’t make the ...

Kathy Bates revealed that Garry Marshall refused to cast her in the 1991 film “Frankie and Johnny,” a role she had originated Off-Broadway, because seeing a man kiss her onscreen “would not ...

At the time, she said Marshall, who died in 2016, declined to cast her in his film adaptation of the off-Broadway production Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, even though she originated the ...

Kathy Bates; Garry Marshall and Michelle Pfeiffer on the set of 'Frankie and Johnny' Robin L Marshall / Getty Images / Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection Kathy Bates is looking back at her ...

Kathy Bates claims the late Garry Marshall declined to cast her in 1991’s Frankie and Johnny because of her appearance. The veteran actress opened up about the way she was treated in Hollywood ...

The film — which ended up starring Michelle Pfeiffer as the waitress Frankie and Al Pacino as short-order cook Johnny — was directed by Garry Marshall, who refused to cast Bates. F.