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

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

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

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

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

The Matlock star talks candidly about longevity, mental health, and the decades she spent feeling like she didn’t belong.

Kathy Bates isn't afraid to get candid about some of her career lows. In 1990, the Matlock actress received critical acclaim ...

Actress Kathy Bates is reflecting on her career and pulling no punches about one director’s criticism of her looks—criticism ...

For Kathy Bates, it didn’t take Matlock to figure ... The film — which ended up starring Michelle Pfeiffer as the waitress Frankie and Al Pacino as short-order cook Johnny — was directed ...

Me actually kissing a man onscreen — that would not be romantic," Bates, 76, told the outlet. (Marshall died in 2016 at age 81.) The part instead went to Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred opposite ...