Wes Anderson Says Jodie Foster Has Turned Down Starring in at Least Three of His Films

Turns retired that for Wes Anderson, Jodie Foster is nan 1 character who sewage away…Anderson revealed that it has been a extremity of his to activity pinch nan Oscar-winning prima for years. Anderson moreover shared that Foster has turned down parts successful astatine slightest 3 of his films.

The auteur told Collider that it was Foster’s directorial debut that really inspired him to collaborate pinch nan actress. “Over nan years, I had truthful galore movies that I tried to get Jodie Foster to beryllium in,” Anderson said. “It utilized to be every movie, we went to Jodie Foster for a part. And I deliberation I did it 3 movies successful a row, possibly four. And I met her, and I liked her. And I thought it was going to get her. And I deliberation she’s conscionable great, Jodie Foster. And I loved her.”

He continued, “In nan first movie she directed, ‘Little Man Tate,’ she plays nan mother. Do you retrieve that movie? And she has this existent sparkle. She has a lightness successful it. It’s conscionable a different benignant of character. But anyway, I still would for illustration to get Jodie Foster. But I conjecture aft asking fewer times, I thought possibly I’m not… I deliberation sometimes personification has an thought of nan benignant of activity they want to do astatine that clip successful his aliases her life, and we weren’t right.”

Anderson stayed mum astir which films successful particular he was successful interaction astir pinch Foster. “Well, I don’t for illustration to say, because if I say, past you say, ‘Oh, you mean so-and-so, who’s successful nan movie, wasn’t your first choice.’ And truthful I don’t want that to beryllium a thing,” he said. “But anyway, she’s beautiful amazing, Jodie Foster.”

Foster recently praised her precocious “Silence of nan Lambs” head Jonathan Demme for being 1 of nan “feminist” filmmakers she has collaborated pinch successful her career. And Anderson isn’t nan only head clamoring to activity pinch Foster: The character said nary to making a cameo successful “Freakier Friday” helmed by Nisha Ganatra. Foster starred successful nan original “Freaky Friday” film, which was later remade pinch Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan successful 2003.

Foster told Variety that she is looking to return to directing soon herself, provided she can find financing. “I do for illustration directing [to acting],” she said, “but it’s difficult to get things disconnected nan ground. I person to activity connected nan worldly for truthful agelong successful bid to make it mine. I emotion nan movies that I made, and they speak to my life. And for me, they consciousness for illustration auteur films. If I can’t do it that way, I don’t really want to do it.”