While we don’t know too much about Linda Hamilton’s villainous character on Stranger Things —even with the first five minutes of the new season now being out in the world, thanks to Netflix—we know a lot about Hamilton’s career and the formidable presence she brings to the screen, in the Terminator franchise especially, but also in genre favorites like Beauty and the Beast, Resident Alien , and more. So it’s surprising to hear she was thinking about taking a step back from showbiz, at least until Stranger Things came calling.

Hamilton talked about the offer she couldn’t refuse in a red-carpet interview with Variety ahead of the Stranger Things premiere.

“I had started to talk to my agent actually right before this about retirement,” Hamilton recalled. “I was having a te

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