Annie Wilkes is not only the best character Kathy Bates has ever played; it’s also one of the very best characters Stephen King has ever written.
If your movie needs a tough-talking, sarcastic, irreverent character, you could cast nobody better than Kathy Bates.
Still, it was Bates that gave Annie her power and it is Bates that we will forever associate with the role of Annie Wilkes.
Luckily, Woody Allen made a film that combined the best of both worlds and, coincidentally, Kathy Bates was cast as Gertrude Stein!
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