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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Kathy Bates Reveals Her Favorite Role (and Itâs Not the One Youâre Thinking Of)
Description: When youâre in a film adapted from a beloved young adult novel like âAre You There God? Itâs Me, Margaretâ (April 28), every aspect of the movie has to be just right, so obviously directors turn to Kathy Bates. âI think the heart of acting is dress up...you play dress up and finally this character appears,â Bates told Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott. She plays Sylvia, Margaretâs grandmother, one of many obstacles Margaret must contend with as she faces puberty, adolescence, religion and discovering her early sexuality in the 1970s. To find Sylvia, Bates remembers something Jessica Tandy on...