Just after the end of Cobra Kai, this actress decides to stop everything
“I no longer want to be a cog in the machine” writes Courtney Henggeler in a long message posted on the networks.
She waited for COBRA KAI End. And Courtney Henggeler has bowed out.
After more than twenty years to fight in the ruthless world of cinema and television, the one that embodies Amanda LarussoDaniel-San’s wife in the Kung-Fu series of Netflix, decided to hang up the gloves.
In a long message published on her newsletter substack – also relayed on Instagram – the actress announces that she ends her career:
“After more than twenty years to fight battle in the trade, I put my gloves on Friday. I called my agents to tell them that I gave up. I no longer want to be a simple cog in the machine.”
Courtney Henggeler does not yet specify the rest of her career, but she still slides: “I want to be the machine.”
At 46, the actress is completely disillusioned by the community and recounts her journey made of galleys and small roles, far from the red carpets:
“All that I have known in my professional life is the acting game. But not the art or the passion of the profession. What I especially known is the resourceful. The Hustle, the Grind, interspersed with a few rare roles. Perhaps a line in Dr House-‘Sorry’ (yes, that was all. My only reply. Genius). Yes, I assured! Story. “
Known especially for its role in COBRA KAIthat she held for six seasons, Courtney Henggeler had previously multiplied the appearances in series like Jane The Virgin, Bones, Ncis, Criminal Minds, Momor The Big Bang Theorywhere she was the sister of Sheldon Cooper.
But after each project, return to square one. After each role supposed to marked its hatching, it is “Back to the galley” she writes. “”We survive with crumbs. We fill our heart of hope, our cups of illusions. Our plates remained empty, but a gold goose seems to float above our heads. Maybe it will be today … Maybe today will be that I have been waiting for so long … “
Her uncompromising message ends with a series of philosophical reflections, as a declaration of emancipation and peace with herself:
“What if we choose to believe that we have power? What if we always had it? What if we had never needed to cross this obstacle course? What if we were the course?”
Courtney Henggeler Don’t say what she’s going to do now.
