Kathy Bates Shares How She Lost a Movie Role to Michelle Pfeiffer Over Looks, Despite Creating the Role Onstage The Oscar winner says 'Frankie and Johnny' director Garry Marshall "couldn’t make ...

Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1991 movie “Frankie and Johnny.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection “I wanted to get on a plane,” she added.

In a new interview, Bates opened up about getting passed over for the lead role in 1991’s Frankie and Johnny, which ultimately went to Michelle Pfeiffer, opposite Al Pacino.

Cemented as one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1990s, Pfeiffer starred in The Russia House (1990) and Frankie and Johnny (1991).

Kathy Bates says Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall wouldn't cast her as romantic lead in 1991's Frankie and Johnny Bates had originated the role in a stage production; the movie part went to ...