‘Stranger Things’ recap ahead of season 5
Catch up on “Stranger Things” before season 5 with key plot twists and epic showdown details
Linda Hamilton isn’t afraid to embrace her age.
The “Terminator” star, 69, opened up in an interview with AARP’s Movies for Grownups about why she has no interest in trying to appear younger than she is.
“I do not spend a moment trying to look younger on any level, ever,” she said. “I have just completely surrendered to the fact that this is the face that I’ve earned. And it tells me so much. And sometimes it’s stuff I don’t want to hear.”
The “Dante’s Peak” actress continued, “I don’t chase beauty, and I don’t chase longevity particularly. I’m fully planted in the moment, but that doesn’t mean you don’t try to be healthy. But not all the time — sometimes it is just a jelly donut. I’m not rigid, which is a fantastic way to get older.”
Hamilton rose to fame with her iconic role as action hero Sarah Connor in 1984’s “The Terminator,” a part she reprised in the sequel, 1991’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” In 2019, she revisited the character in “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which, after decades away from the sci-fi franchise, reunited her with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator.
Hamilton will soon be seen on the small screen with a role in the final season of “Stranger Things,” which hits Netflix on Nov. 26.
According to Netflix, Hamilton plays a character named Dr. Kay, the “new head scientist overseeing the military occupation in Hawkins.” The streamer describes her as a “smart,” “intimidating” woman who “ruthlessly pursues her goals” as she hunts down Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown.
Speaking to Variety, Hamilton revealed she was dealing with a “really bad hip problem” and considering retiring from acting before she was offered the role on “Stranger Things.”
“I was like, I just can’t tough it out anymore,” she told the outlet. “And of course. my agent was like, ‘Oh. you don’t mean that.’ Then he calls me, and he says ‘”Stranger Things” called and asked if you were available. And I said yes.’ So I laughed at that, like, no one takes me seriously at all. He signed me up for a year.”
