Kathy Bates disagrees with the one change the 1990 Misery made to Stephen King's story. Adapted from the 1987 novel of the same name, the horror thriller sees King's protagonist, novelist Paul Sheldon ...

Kathy Bates and James Caan in 1990's 'Misery' While it's well-known for being among the most diabolical films in recent history, Kathy Bates thinks the 1990 horror film Misery could have gone even ...

But director Rob Reiner did make a key change from the original Stephen King novel on which the 1990 film is based. In the book, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) chops off romance novelist Paul Sheldon's ...

Last weekend thousands of the world’s most passionate and obsessive movie fans descended upon Hollywood for the 16th annual TCM Classic Film Festival, which provided opportunities to see everything ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Kathy Bates and Rob Reiner celebrated the 35th anniversary of Misery this weekend with a screening ...

Kathy Bates gave a career-defining performance in Misery — and won an Oscar for it. But both Bates and her director, Rob Reiner, were never sure that would be the outcome. In the film, based on the ...

It is a daunting thing to transform a famous novel, which was turned into a famous movie, into something on the stage. Stephen King’s novel about an obsessive super-fan named Annie Wilkes (who brings ...

While it's well-known for being among the most diabolical films in recent history, Kathy Bates thinks the 1990 horror film Misery could have gone even further. In an appearance at the 6th annual TCM ...

The director thought his actress would be dismissed because of the film's genre. Kathy Bates gave a career-defining performance in Misery — and won an Oscar for it. But both Bates and her director, ...

Misery doesn't pull any punches when it comes to the violence and torture of its main character, Paul Sheldon (James Caan). However, Reiner thought Sheldon should be merely badly injured, not ...

"I didn't agree with that at all," Bates said of a change to the script Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously ...