Jodie Foster never thought a movie like Barbie would be possible
“I thought I didn’t have the right to be a director,” she also declares.
Featured in the fourth season of True Detective: Night County, Jodie Foster expressed herself in the pages of Time about this certain opinions she had in her youth. In 1991, she was preparing to make her directorial debut and declared in this same magazine: “It’s not a business that’s kind to women.”
Today she returns to this statement, being more than relieved to see that, on the contrary, women filmmakers are increasingly recognized: “When I was young, there were almost no American filmmakers, maybe a handful. I thought I didn’t have the right to be a director. And that’s no longer true today” she says.
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“I couldn’t be more proud to have seen barbie by Greta Gerwig. It’s not just because she is a recognized filmmaker, but because there are people behind her who tell her ‘You’re not a risk.’, explains the star. I didn’t think it would ever happen.”
From The Little Man in 1991, Jodie Foster directed three other feature films (Family weekend, The Beaver Complex And Money Monster) plus an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. Playing a seasoned investigator in True Detective: Night Country, Jodie Foster continues to diversify its roles by moving towards the series side. Season 4 is available on HBO Max since January 14, 2024.
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