Actor Uma Thurman is rethinking one of the most defining aspects of her screen legacy - violence.

Best known for her role in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films, Thurman has long been associated with stylised action and brutality.

But in a recent interview with InStyle, she admitted that her personal relationship with violence has always been complicated. "I actually don't particularly like violence. Some people really like it; I don't like it," Thurman said, adding, "When I see artful movement, I can enjoy violence and action because I'm blown away by it the way I would be if I saw an extraordinary dance performance."

The distinction, she suggested, lies in how violence is presented. Over the years, Thurman developed a personal framework to evaluate such roles, asking whether the action feels "motivated," "beautiful," and "genuinely executed".

That approach largely kept her away from the genre for nearly two decades. Her return comes with Pretty Lethal, an upcoming stylised thriller that blends ballet with horror. The film follows a group of ballerinas stranded at a remote inn after their bus breaks down en route to a competition, only to discover that the seemingly ornate setting hides a darker reality.

Thurman plays a former ballerina seeking revenge, a character she describes as having "a unique physical disability".

Calling the film tonally unusual, she said, "Not your everyday streaming Amazon premiere movie. I looked at it, and I was like, How are they going to market this? It's girly, and then it's wild. It's gruesome, funny, and powerful. It's so over the top, it's above the top."