“They saw women as risk”: Barbie Almost Never Got Made After 1 Jodie Foster Film Soured WB Relationship
The Academy Award-winning actor turned producer and director Jodie Foster is making headlines with her performance in True Detective Season 4. The actor is known for her bird-like sharp features and excellent filmography which includes both critically and financially acclaimed projects like Taxi Driver, The Brave One, The Accused, and The Silence Of The Lambs. Jodie Foster is the recipient of the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards in 2013 for her outstanding contribution to the entertainment world.
During a recent interview with a reputed media outlet, the 61-year-old actor talks about the colossal success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and how it has paved a path for female filmmakers in Hollywood.
Jodie Foster Believes Previously Women Filmmakers Were Seen As Risks
Jodie Foster rose to fame with her breakout performance as a minor prostitute in Taxi Driver, released in 1976. The actor has been a part of the entertainment industry for over three decades. During the Sundance Film Festival, the Panic Room actor spoke to Variety about Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster project Barbie and how the massive critical and financial success of the movie brought one of the biggest changes in Hollywood. Jodie Foster said-
“I’ve had the beauty of being able to be in the business since the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and so on. The progression or bettering of our audiences translates into a kind of new thinking about who our marginalized voices are. In the old days, they saw women as a risk. Not sure why they saw us as a risk — 50% of the population!”
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She further explained-
“That thinking has changed now. With a big success like ‘Barbie,’ they gave Greta Gerwig, who had made two mostly independent films, they gave her the keys to the kingdom and said ‘We’re going to give you our most important child’ and all the money to support it. That’s new for women. I hope that continues.”
According to Jodie Foster previously women filmmakers were seen as a threat by the studios and the success of Barbie proves that Hollywood is ready to embrace the change with open arms.
Jodie Foster Talks About Her Experience Of Working With True Detective Director Issa Lopez
During an interview with the reputed media outlet The Guardian, Jodie Foster spoke about her supernatural spy drama, True Detective: Night Country. The actor mentioned about her experience while working with True Detective Season 4;’s director Issa Lopez. The actor said-
“Well, not difficult, but the little dance that has to be done” – it was with the director, López. “She has directed four movies, and I’ve been in so many films, and I think that part is sometimes daunting. But we bonded immediately and laughed through everything.”
She further shared-
“I like it when directors tell me what they want and say things like faster, or slower. I’m not interested in directors who are like” – she puts on a whispery, luvvie-ish voice – “‘Here, let me shake you!’ She might have to do that with other people because they’re young or they’ve never acted before. And I would watch her do that with them and … ” Foster snorts. “You’d better not do that with me.”
Jodie Foster is playing the character of Liz Danvers, the chief police officer of Ennis, a remote town in Alaska who is joined by Evangeline Navarro, played by boxer-turned-actor Kali Reis who are on a search for eight men after they disappear from a research center.
True Detective: Night Country is currently available on Max.
