How Catty Bings proved that the director of misery is wrong in her role Stephen King

If there is one thing we know about the Oscars, then this is it They have a bias against terror. Although we are here in /a movie we love how this type is sabotage and fun – and how it is one of the only types It seems that it is always a profit – Oscar seems to see it as “very repeated” to take seriously. There are many unforgettable horror offers that have never been nominated, just as there are many talented horror managers and scriptwriter who did not receive their dues.

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For this reason, no one expected that Cathy Pits won the Academy Award for her performance in the movie “The Misery” in 1990. Although filming it is obsessive, Annie Wilkes is still loved even after 35 years, but the context of the horror movie still makes it a long snapshot in the academy. For this reason, the director of the film, Rob Rainer, was not a prize for Best Actress Award for this role.

in 2025 TCM Classic Film FestivalI remembered Pits and Renner about her sudden victory Oscar. I told Bents Riner, “I said,” You can campaign, but you will not get it. “I said because it is a horror movie and it is not possible … Then that night I remember that you are standing there and I was like (fist bumps)” Yes, yes. ”

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“Because you deserve it,” Rainer told her. “It’s great.” Later in the painting, Rainer recalled the knowledge that Bents was a great actress from the moment she was tested, and how it was worried that Pits is likely to allow Wilkes to the angle of the rest of her life:

“Cathy is a dedicated actress, and she focused on the desire to accomplish this work, and she will take the character to the house with her often. (…) I told her,” You have to trust that you have one of the greatest acting tools in all ages, and you can leave that character here in the studio and return to the house and be yourself, and do not worry about your inability to back down again. “

To get the Best Actress Award, Cathy Bings was nominated against Angeka Huston for “The GRIFTERS”, Julia Roberts for “Pretty Woman”, Meryl Streep for “Postcards from the Edge”, and Joanne Woodward for “MR. & MR. BRIDGE”. as Herald and review At that time, I noticed, “Cathy Bings, who was recovered in” misery “, maybe the biggest surprise per night. Most observers expected either Angeka Huston or Joan Woodward with the best actress award.”

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She reduced people from Bates not only because she was acting in terror, but because she had no traditional body type associated with the most popular Hollywood actresses. It is something that the Olympic noticed in its coverage of its victory, noting that “in another confession that Hollywood often overlooks the unconventional, the award for the best actress went to Cathy Bings, a veteran actress in the theater, and she was passed regularly to the roles of the selection movie on lands that were very old, very heavy or not beautiful in the theater.

But although it is widely seen as weak, Pitsz’s victory did not make fun of the same way as the best controversial actress over the years. Where the press was treated cruelly When she (right!) Won “my cousin Fini” after a few yearsMost of the time critics understood that Bates was a reasonable choice. The daily feelings of the ceremony also wrote, “Surprises?

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If there is a single feature of terror in the award ceremonies, then this type gives its representatives more opportunities to enlarge with their performance. There are few roles that attract attention more than one woman who is not preserved with a heavy hammer, and Bets mastered her from start to finish. “Misery” It is not the only horror movie that wins the Academy AwardBut it may be this that earned it more than others.