Jodie Foster has given insight into her early acting career as a child. Foster began her career as a child actor and starred in a range of Disney films such as Freaky Friday and Bugsy Malone. However, when she became a teenager, she began being offered roles aimed at adult audiences, which her mother encouraged, wanting her daughter to have a career with longevity. Foster said of her mum, “She had ideas for me, maybe a vicarious thrill that she wanted me to be respected. She wanted me to have a career that had a lot of longevity, where I was taken seriously, or because she wasn’t because she came from a pre-feminist era.”
One of Foster’s most memorable roles was playing the child prostitute in Martin Scorsese’s psychological drama Taxi Driver. Foster has recently spoken about how she landed the role, and her mother’s reasoning for putting her forward for the part. Speaking in a new interview, she noted that she doesn’t typically choose her own roles, instead, her mother had “ideas for me, maybe a vicarious thrill that she wanted me to be respected”.
Foster went on to explain that her mother had a significant impact on the films she did, saying, “Her taste guided the films I did, she was a big fan of Scorsese, we had seen Mean Streets many times together”. Foster continues to hold a prominent position in Hollywood and her experimentation with various roles and genres throughout her life has led to two Academy Awards.
Despite her success, Foster previously stated that she considered quitting acting in the past. Earlier this year, she spoke about her experience alongside Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese during the filming of Taxi Driver, revealing that the duo was scared of her on set. Despite their nervousness, Foster continues to hold a firm place in cinema history, constantly experimenting with projects, ultimately becoming one of Hollywood’s enduring leading ladies
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