The Sticky’s Margo Martindale Reveals Why She Never Wears Anything but Pink Underwear (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Margo Martindale in 2024.Photo:Victoria Will

Victoria Will

Veteran actressMargo Martindaleis the first to admit she has a few superstitions.“I have almost every superstition,” Martindale, 73, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “If anybody wants to tell me another one, I say, ‘Please don’t, I don’t want to know it.'“Margo Martindale and Jamie Lee Curtis star in ‘The Sticky’.Anna Webber/GettyShe does allow that some are more eccentric than others. “The last really insane superstition that I had was when I was having a fitting forJustifiedin 2010,” the actress recalls. “I had on pink underwear and [the costumer] said, ‘Pink underwear is good luck.’ I said, ‘What?’ And to this day, I have never worn anything but pink. I have on pink underwear as we’re sitting here right now.“Martindale, who stars alongsideJamie Lee Curtisin the new Prime Video seriesThe Sticky, shared a few more of her lasts with the magazine for One Last Thing:Last time I dancedAt mydaughter Maggie’s wedding in May. I hadn’t danced in a long time, and the next day one of my toes was black. Ireallyhad a good time.Last obsessionMany years ago I became obsessed withTimothy Hutton. I thought he was fantastic inOrdinary People, but there was something about his looks too. I never met him, but that’s okay, I’m over him now.Margo Martindale in ‘Justified’.Last recurring dreamI had one through my childhood and then in high school. It wasn’t good, an evil spirit was chasing me. It all stopped when I fought it off and I won.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Last wardrobe malfunctionI was on a set and washed some clothes in the sink in my trailer. I needed to dry my underwear, so I put them in the microwave, and they caught on fire. I had to call wardrobe and say, “You’ve got to find me some pink panties!”The Stickyis now streaming on Prime Video.

Veteran actressMargo Martindaleis the first to admit she has a few superstitions.

“I have almost every superstition,” Martindale, 73, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “If anybody wants to tell me another one, I say, ‘Please don’t, I don’t want to know it.'”

Margo Martindale and Jamie Lee Curtis star in ‘The Sticky’.Anna Webber/Getty

Anna Webber/Getty

She does allow that some are more eccentric than others. “The last really insane superstition that I had was when I was having a fitting forJustifiedin 2010,” the actress recalls. “I had on pink underwear and [the costumer] said, ‘Pink underwear is good luck.’ I said, ‘What?’ And to this day, I have never worn anything but pink. I have on pink underwear as we’re sitting here right now.”

Martindale, who stars alongsideJamie Lee Curtisin the new Prime Video seriesThe Sticky, shared a few more of her lasts with the magazine for One Last Thing:

Last time I dancedAt mydaughter Maggie’s wedding in May. I hadn’t danced in a long time, and the next day one of my toes was black. Ireallyhad a good time.

Last obsessionMany years ago I became obsessed withTimothy Hutton. I thought he was fantastic inOrdinary People, but there was something about his looks too. I never met him, but that’s okay, I’m over him now.

Margo Martindale in ‘Justified’.

Last recurring dreamI had one through my childhood and then in high school. It wasn’t good, an evil spirit was chasing me. It all stopped when I fought it off and I won.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Last wardrobe malfunctionI was on a set and washed some clothes in the sink in my trailer. I needed to dry my underwear, so I put them in the microwave, and they caught on fire. I had to call wardrobe and say, “You’ve got to find me some pink panties!”

The Stickyis now streaming on Prime Video.

source: people.com