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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. More from IndieWire Jennifer Love Hewitt on Horror Comeback: 'I'm There for the Moms' Danny Boyle Turned Down 'Alien: Resurrection' Because 'I Couldn't Handle the CG' 'I never really followed 'Kill Bill' up with action because I didn't kind of want to be in a whole bunch of 'B' action movies,' Thurman said. 'When you do 'Kill Bill,' you never stop hearing about, you know, it's like, 'Oh, got to be very careful about what I do next.' So I did other stuff.' That meant, post-'Kill Bill,' Thurman appeared in the musical 'The Producers,' rom-coms like 'Playing for Keeps,' and auteur projects such as Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' and 'The House that Jack Built' and Paul Schrader's 'Oh, Canada!' But never really action again, until 'The Old Guard 2.' The first movie, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Charlize Theron, who returns for the sequel, impressed Thurman with its 'depth' and by being 'quite moving.' In fact, she had such regard for Theron's work on that film that when Fallon asked her if being in this movie gave Thurman an opportunity to 'show everyone how it's done,' she had a pointed response. 'I didn't think I was going to show anybody how it's done after I saw Charlize in 'Old Guard 1,'' Thurman said. 'This one seemed different [from other action movies she was offered] because in 'Old Guard 1' Charlize was just so epic in it. And so I thought, 'Well, I could go do this for her in that. Where she's kind of taking the genre there. I'll go support her and fight her and battle her out.'' 'Putting her toe' into the action genre again, as she put it, didn't come quite as easily to Thurman as one might have thought, in part because she came aboard the project late and didn't have time for training beforehand. 'Oh, if only I could have trained,' she said. 'No, I came on to do it kind of at the end. So I had no training. I was like, 'Oh yeah, a sword. I think I hold it like this.'' Sounds like someone needs a return visit to Hattori Hanzo. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
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Netflix Sequel Receives Unfavorable Early Reviews
Netflix Sequel Receives Unfavorable Early Reviews originally appeared on Parade. The long wait is over for fans as 'The Old Guard 2' has been officially released on Netflix. Lead star Charlize Theron reprised her role as Andy (a.k.a. Andromache of Scythia) along with KiKi Layne as Nile Freeman and Chiwetel Ejiofor as James Copley. The sequel also introduced a fresh-faced character through Uma Thurman. She took on the role of the antagonist, the mysteriously deadly figure Discord, who is among "the first of the immortals.' Released on Wednesday exclusively on Netflix, the sequel brought viewers back into the world of Andy and her group of immortal warriors, who returned with a sharper sense of purpose. While the 2020 film centered on their immortality, they now serve as protectors, defending the innocent, fighting for justice and facing new enemies. However, the sequel also introduced a drastic shift in Andy's circumstances as her immortality had come to an end. Thanks to Booker, Andy's former right-hand man played by Matthias Schoenaerts, he chose to sacrifice himself and transfer his immortality to Andy, which also set the stage for the film's cliffhanger. Following its official release, the sequel didn't sit well with viewers after it received largely unfavorable reviews. On social media, fans expressed their disappointment with the plot development, its pacing and lack of emotional depth. 'The Old Guard 2's real superpower is testing my patience,' one wrote on X. '@netflix really made us wait 5 years for The Old Guard 2 just to hit us with a cliffhanger. At this point, they're holding our patience hostage,' another disappointed audience member said. 'The Old Guard 2 was wack,' a commenter added. Meanwhile, a viewer compared and rated both movies, giving the recent sequel a lower score due to its underwhelming ending. 'Old Guard 1 = 7/10. Old Guard 2 = 3/10. It was annoying. They wasted 5 years and couldn't do better than part 1. Booker was in exile in part 1 for 100 years and coming back after 5 years to tell us they met after 6 months, not 5 years or so. I'm not even talking about the half-baked end,' a user said. The same goes for another fan who posted, 'Last night: The Old Guard 2 (average.) Had high hopes for the sequel as I loved the first movie. This just felt like a huge set up for the third movie. Now it's another wait.' 'No way I waited for The Old Guard 2 for 5 years just for it to end like that with no confirmation for a 3rd movie,' another disappointed viewer said. Although the sequel ended with a cliffhanger, it remains unclear whether 'The Old Guard 3' will be made, as it's still too early for any official Sequel Receives Unfavorable Early Reviews first appeared on Parade on Jul 3, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
