As Katie Bates proved that the director is wrong with her role Stephen King

If there is one thing we know about the “Oscar” is what They have a prejudice against horror. Although we are here on /movie Love Horror for what sabotage and fun can be a genre – and how is one of the uniform genres that Seems to consistently make a profit – Oscar voters seem to consider it too “unrefined” to take seriously. There are too many memorable horror performances that have never received nominations, just like too many talented horror and screenwriters who have never received proper.

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That is why no one expected that Katie Beitsa would win Oscar for his performance in the 1990 movie “Misestance”. Despite the fact that her reflection of an obsessive, vindictive Annie Wilks is still beloved even 35 years old, his context of the horror movie has made it long regarding the Academy. That is why director Rob Rainer did not believe in Bates, winning the best actress for the role.

At Classic Film Festival 2025 TCMBates and Rainer reminded her surprise victory in Oscar. Bates said Rainer: “You said, You can campaign, but you don’t get it.” You said it is a horror movie and, apparently, not … Then that night I just remember how you stood there, and you looked like (fists) “yes.”

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“Because you deserve it,” Rainer told her. “This is an amazing performance.” Later on the panel, Rainer reminded that Bates’s knowledge was a great actress since she had been listening, and the way he was worried that Beits potentially allowed her to speak with Wilks to the rest of her life:

“Katie is such a devoted actress, and she was so focused on wanting to do this job that she would have sent the character many times.

For the best award, actress Katie Bates ran against Angelika Hastan for “Griffrrey”, Julia Roberts for “Pretty Woman”, Maryl Strip for “Passes from the edge” and Joan Woodward for “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge”. How Bulletin and review At the time, he noticed: “Katie Bates, a noticeable hermit in” misery “, was perhaps the biggest surprise of the night. Most observers predicted that either Angelica Hastan or Joan Woodward would leave the best actress prize.”

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People underestimated Bates not only because it acted with horror, but also because it did not have the usual body type associated with the most popular Hollywood actresses. This is what the Olympian noticed, illuminating her victory, noting: “In another silent confession, Hollywood often does not notice the unconventional, the best reward of the actress received Katie Bates, an actress -veteran who regularly transferred the movie on the fact that she was too old.

But, although widely regarded as insufficient, Bates’ victory was not mocked as other controversial best actresses have been for years. Where Marisa Tomed was brutally treated to the press If she (right!) A few years later won “My cousin Winnie”Most critics of the time understood that Bates was a reasonable choice. As a daily sentiment, the ceremony wrote the next day, “surprises? Katie Bates seems the only one, though retrospect, the choice is natural. It was much more brightest than the humble speeches of the leading contenders Angelica Hastan and Joan.”

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If there is one advantage that the horror has at the award ceremony, this is that the genre gives its actors more likely to become a great performance. There are several roles that attracts more attention than a clumsy woman with a sledgehammer, and Bates nailed it from start to end. “Misfortune” Not the only movie horror that won the OscarBut it can be the one who earned it the most.