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Actors Who Walked Back on Their Decision to Retire: Kathy Bates, More
Kathy Bates, Cameron Diaz, Terrance Howard and Jane Fonda are some of the celebrities who walked back on their decision to retire from acting
After Kathy Bates surprised fans by announcing that her starring role on the Matlock reboot would be “her last dance” after an illustrious five-decade career in September 2024, the Academy Award winner backtracked on her comments one month later. Since her early aughts return, Fonda has starred in countless productions, including Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, Georgia Rule opposite Lindsay Lohan, This Is Where I Leave You, The Newsroom, Book Club and its sequel and more. Though she later said she got out of acting to focus on her family and her personal life (she shares daughter Raddix and son Cardinal with husband Benji Madden), Diaz came out of retirement in 2022 when she signed on to star in Back in Action opposite Jamie Foxx.
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