United Kingdom, Nov. 30 -- Linda Hamilton was ready to retire before she was offered Stranger Things.

The 69-year-old actress admitted she was ready to call time on her career due to problems with her hip but shea and her agent were very excited when The Duffer Brothers expressed their interest in casting her as the mysterious Dr. Kay in the fifth and final season of the Netflix series.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "That doesn't happen often enough. They came to my agent.

"I was thinking very much of retirement around that time 'cause my hip. I was limping. Unless you want a character that's limping... I just said, 'I can't do my best work or be sure that I'm gonna be fit for work every day. I gotta stop.'

"And cut to - Stranger Thi...