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Faith Hillonce thought she was done with movies for good.
While appearing onTheKelly ClarksonShowTuesday, the 54-year-old singer opened up about why she thought she was done with films after starring inThe Stepford Wivesin 2004.
Hill toldKelly Clarksonthat in addition to singing in church, she performed in plays from grade school through high school, before acting took a backseat.
“My career took off, no time, had babies, kept on having babies, felt like I was having babies all the time,” she explained. (Hill and husbandTim McGrawshare daughters Gracie, 25, Maggie, 23, Audrey, 20.)
“I had done a couple of things. I didStepford Wiveswith an amazing cast. It wasn’t the best experience, so I said, ‘I will never ever, ever, ever,everdo another, anything like that, a movie,’ " she explained of the film, in which she acted alongsideNicole Kidman,Bette Midler,Glenn Close,Matthew BroderickandChristopher Walken. “Because it took so long. The waiting for me…”
“Hurry up and wait,” Clarkson, 40, agreed.
“I cannot,” theBreathesinger said. “I have to be busy, doing stuff. Anyway, then I did an independent thing calledDixieland. I’ve read a lot of scripts over the years and nothing hit me or the timing wasn’t right.”
That changed, though, she said when she read the script for1883— the firstYellowstoneprequel series, in which she stars alongside her husband, 55.
“For the script to have been so incredibly well-written,” Hill said. “I honestly had never read anything like that. So we just made the decision to do it.”
Days before1883’s season finale aired in February, Paramount+ announced that the originally slated nine-episode serieswouldn’t end there. Tanya Giles, chief programming officer for ViacomCBS Streaming, announced that its popular spinoff would return to the streamer with more episodes.
Faith Hill as Margaret and Tim McGraw as James in1883.Emerson Miller/Paramount+
News of the extension came after1883smashed the streaming service’s global record for the most-watched title ever.
“The incredible storytelling and stellar performances behind1883have fueled phenomenal new records for Paramount+,” said Giles. “We look forward to bringing fans even more of the Duttons' origin story.”
1883follows the Dutton family’s 19th-century ancestors as they embark on their wild journey west from Texas to Montana through the Great Plains. Lawless lands, bloody gunfights, danger, and dust (lots of it) are promised in each of its episodes.
source: people.com
