One of Uma Thurman’s best and most memorable roles is Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies, and now she finally has a great follow-up to it thanks to the sequel to a popular horror crime TV show. Uma Thurman has shown her acting range and different skills throughout her acting career, which started in 1987 with the psychological thriller Kiss Daddy Goodnight. Thurman gained praise for her role in the 1988 drama Dangerous Liaisons, but her big break arrived in 1994 with Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
Since then, Thurman has been part of several movies from various genres – from superhero movies with Batman & Robin to sci-fi with Gattaca, more dramas like Les Misérables, comedies like My Super Ex-Girlfriend and horror with The House That Jack Built. Thurman also became Tarantino’s muse and reunited with him for the two-part martial arts action movie Kill Bill. Now, Thurman has a new project that’s part of a horror crime franchise, giving her a great follow-up to Kill Bill 21 years after the second movie’s release.
Dexter: Resurrection Gives Uma Thurman Another Great Killer Franchise Like Kill Bill
Uma Thurman Is Joining Another Exciting Franchise
Uma Thurman has joined the cast of Dexter: Resurrection, the sequel series to Dexter: New Blood, which is a continuation of Dexter. Developed by James Manos Jr., Dexter premiered on Showtime in 2006 and introduced the audience to Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in blood spatter analysis who works for the Miami Metro Police Department. However, Dexter lives a double life as he’s also a vigilante serial killer, going after murderers who escaped punishment due to corruption or legal technicalities.
Dexter ended in 2013 after eight seasons (and has one of the most controversial TV finales of all time), but the show was revived in 2020 with the 10-episode series New Blood. The world of Dexter expanded with the prequel Original Sin, and while it’s still airing on Showtime, the franchise is working on yet another sequel series, titled Resurrection. The sequel will bring Hall back as Dexter, who will come face to face with Uma Thurman’s character, Charley.
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While Dexter isn’t martial arts-related at all, it has some interesting similarities to Kill Bill that make it a franchise worth following it up. Thurman’s Bride in Kill Bill had a revenge mission that led her to track down and kill those who betrayed her and tried to kill her, including the title Bill (David Carradine). Dexter, on the other hand, is a vigilante serial killer, so they both do their part in getting rid of dangerous people, though through questionable methods, while not necessarily being the villains in their stories.
Uma Thurman’s Character Description Hints She’ll Be Dexter’s Biggest Adversary In Resurrection
Uma Thurman’s Character In Dexter: Resurrection Can Bring A Couple Of Surprises
The announcement of Thurman’s casting arrived with a brief description of her character in Dexter: Resurrection. Thurman’s Charley is a former Special Ops officer now serving as the Head of Security for a mysterious billionaire named Leon Prater. It’s understood that Charley will be skilled at physical combat and be highly strategic due to her past, thus being an obstacle to Dexter. In a twist that would fit the show quite well, Charley could be a killer, becoming Dexter’s target, though a very intelligent and skilled one.
Thurman’s Charley could end up being a villain in Dexter: Resurrection, which isn’t common in Thurman’s career. It’s going to be interesting to see Thurman as a potentially villainous or, at least, morally ambiguous character going face to face with Dexter Morgan himself, and hopefully, Dexter: Resurrection will give her the chance to show some of her action skills, as seen in Kill Bill.
