Kathy Bates is currently starring in "Matlock."

Kathy Bates says Hollywood didn’t always know what to do with her early in her career.

Though the Oscar winner has given us countless moments of joy and occasional jolts of terror, she told Variety earlier this week that the late director Gary Marshall didn’t exactly see her appeal when casting for the 1991 film adaptation of Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune, despite her acclaimed performance in the 1987 off-Broadway production.

“He couldn’t make the leap that people would see me onscreen kissing someone,” Kathy told the outlet. “Me actually kissing a man onscreen — that would not be romantic.”

Even after her award-winning performance in the........

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