Uma Thurman Spills Real Reason Behind Her Break From Action Movies
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Uma Thurman Shares the Reason Why She Left the Action Genre Behind After ‘Kill Bill’
Legacy has been top of mind for Uma Thurman: It’s the primary reason she all but entirely avoided the action genre since “Kill Vill Vol. 2” came out in 2004. That’s about to change with her appearance in Netflix’s “The Old Guard 2,” as the villain Discord. It took a particularly special film to get Thurman out of action-movie retirement, she said on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” June 17. “I never really followed ‘Kill Bill’ up with action…
Uma Thurman addresses why she has moved away from the action cinema behind Kill Bill and how Old Guard 2 has made her want to retake the genre after 20 years.
The legendary action star is back – Uma Thurman leaps into battle again in Netflix’s superhero sequel
MOVIE NEWS – Uma Thurman, star of Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic Kill Bill, says she had no intention of ever returning to martial arts movies after the two-part samurai saga that made her an action icon. But all that changed when a long-awaited Netflix sequel came knocking: Thurman joins Charlize Theron in The Old Guard 2, a role that drew her back to action after years away due to typecasting fears. Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring J…
“I didn’t want to be in a whole bunch of B action movies.” After Kill Bill, Uma Thurman had to quit action movies, but after 21 years she found a reason to return
After Kill Bill, Uma Thurman stopped appearing in action films until now – on the occasion of her return after a 21-year hiatus, she explained why she avoided movie in this genre.This info “I didn’t want to be in a whole bunch of B action movies.” After Kill Bill, Uma Thurman had to quit action movies, but after 21 years she found a reason to return was first published on Gamepressure.com 20 June 2025.
Why Uma Thurman refused to do action movies after Kill Bill
Revenge is a dish best served cold…And cold is exactly how Uma Thurman felt after she crossed off every name on her list for Kill Bill. You might think it had to do with the intensity of making a film like that – and all of the problems and permanent injuries that came with it – but it actually had more to do with not wanting to get locked into the action genre. Uma Thurman – who is returning to action with next month’s The Old Guard 2 for Netfl…
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