The “terrible” 1998 movie that left Uma Thurman “rethinking my life”
The 1998 film The Avengers, starring Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes and Sean Connery, was widely regarded as a critical and commercial failure. Thurman said making it prompted her to reconsider what she wanted from acting and to take a different direction in her life.
She recalled returning home from filming and deciding to have a child because she was unsure why she was acting. After her daughter Maya Hawke was born, Thurman stepped back and became more selective about roles; she later reunited with Quentin Tarantino for the Kill Bill films, which became her biggest action success.
- The Avengers’ troubled production prompted Thurman to rethink her priorities.
- She took a step back after deciding to have a child.
- Later, Kill Bill became her major action success.