Misery - How Kathy Bates Perfected Annie Wilkes

What makes Bates so good is that she can appear warm and motherly but aggressive and intense as well. She can go zero to hundred in a second

Sir Anthony Hopkins said in an interview with legendary journalist Dick Cavett, while discussing his performance as Hannibal Lecter, that the single greatest portrayal of a mad person he'd ever seen was by Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in 'Misery'.

No one else could have ever played her... Perfect embodiment😊.

Kathy Bates is literally perfect in this role. I’m so glad she was appropriately recognised with an Oscar.

One of the most intense and stunning performances committed to the silver screen. The wild fluctuations between bliss and injured wrath is beautiful, it’s a work of art.

One of those movies I saw as a kid that just stuck with me. The sledgehammer thing really got me.

All I can think of now is Martha in Baby Reindeer. Annie is like her spiritual grandmother

Her first big movie at 41 and she managed to completely outshine Caan. What an icon.

Kathy Bates mastered her craft of acting to perfection. Probably one of the best actresses of her generation

She's scary af in the book too but she's also a lot more gross and psychotic. Bates humanized her a little more which actually kinds made her scarier somehow. Great performance. James Caan did a good job too.