Lovers of science fiction and creepy monsters are counting the days for the return of Stranger things on Netflix on November 26th. The fifth (and final) season of the series will see a new entry with reminiscences of the Eighties, the actress Linda Hamilton (Maryland, United States, 69 years old), known for having given life to the legendary Sarah Connor in the saga. Terminator—which began in 1984— with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actor, who regained a certain media importance when he debuted in 2019 Terminator: Dark Fateyet another attempt to revitalize the franchise and in which she returned as Connor, now seems very far from an action character.
He spoke about this new role in the Duffer brothers’ narrative during an interview published in the British newspaper on Friday The telegraph. It will bring to life the controversial Doctor Kay, a woman with “secret plans” in the middle of Hawkins (the fictional town in which it is set). Stranger things) in quarantine: “(She) has deeper personal desires, and that makes her interesting. And she’s ruthless, which was fun,” the actress explains.
In the interview, Hamilton goes over other aspects of her life, which were particularly hard – her father died when she was five years old – and confusing: for years she suffered from an undiagnosed bipolar disorder, about which two decades ago, already identified, the actress spoke with total frankness, contributing to making the disease understood in society: “I literally didn’t have the good sense to remain silent”, confesses the actress to the newspaper. “(But) I don’t like mystery, and if I can do something to help people who are struggling with their behaviors and looking for answers and changes, I know what it is. I know what it’s like to struggle for 20 years to understand it and still not be able to change my behaviors.”
He also explains that he continues to maintain celibacy, which he has practiced for two decades: “I try not to impose my beliefs on anyone, because I am a very particular person. But I am at my best, I am very happy and my life is full of everything: flora, fauna, children, neighbors, trials, tribulations, pain…?” The actress assures that this pain “is part of life”. And he asks himself: “Why is pain worse than happiness? For me everything is equally important. So for me it works and I don’t regret going to bed alone at night. Well, with my two beautiful dogs, Gladys AND Wilma; You have to touch and caress something, you know? But I have all the love in the world. Everyday. And I am celibate.” Involuntarily, Hamilton thus becomes part of the ranks of young women, Rosalía among the most famous, who currently declare themselves volcelthat is: voluntarily celibate.
Already in 2019 he admitted that he had not had any relationship for decades. “I’ve been celibate for at least 15 years. Lose count because it just doesn’t matter.” She had previously been married from 1997 to 1999 to director James Cameron, who had chosen her for the role for which she would always be remembered, that of the waitress who escapes from a ruthless robot (Schwarzenegger) in The Terminator (1984), and which he accepted because he had no other offers. “I wanted to be an actress.” Shakespeareanbut everything changed with Terminator“, he said in an interview a few years ago.
They say the director was so impressed with his fusion this changed the character’s age from 19 to 27 to match the actress’ age at the time. Cameron’s film was an unexpected success. He got another role in the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987), a modern reinterpretation of the classic crime thriller, produced and co-written by George RR Martin, and which she abandoned after becoming pregnant by her first husband, actor Bruce Abbott.
Him boom The definitive part of his career came in 1991, when the second part began Terminator —Terminator 2: Judgment Day–, for which Cameron wanted to count on her again. Hamilton set two conditions for accepting: recover from the pregnancy and, on that occasion, Sarah Connor would transform from damsel in distress to fierce fighter. It was during this filming that the love story between the actress and the director began, which became a tumultuous relationship and broke out when the directors met during the filming of Titanic to actress Suzy Amis – who plays Lizzy Calvert, Rose’s niece – and fell in love with her, although, according to Hamilton, they were “taking a break” at that point. After the affair with Amis, Cameron and Hamilton reconciled and married in 1997, although two years later the director returned to Amis and filed for divorce. Years later, regarding her romance with Cameron, the actress went so far as to say that she “fell in love with Sarah Connor.”
