“I didn’t agree with that at all,” Bates said. While Reiner said he knew Bates was his Annie Wilkes after just a few minutes of her audition, casting Caan’s role was far more difficul ...

But both Bates and her director, Rob Reiner, were never sure that would be the outcome ... only to jail and torture him. Reiner always loved his leading lady's performance. He doubted that the Academy ...