In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received an Academy Award nomination
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How does any actor play an alien, a king, an ancient Roman, or anything else they can't experience directly?
They do as much research as they can, they rely on their director or coach, they think about what kind of person their character is as well as their general circumstances, and they use their actor's imagination.
You totally missed my point.
shareI am missing your point. Acting is doing what the director tells you to do. Like literally, that's what acting is.
shareWhen certain kinds of research are impossible, such as seeing how people actually behaved in ancient Rome or being a 14-year-old girl who's mother won't let her spend time as a street whore, all an actor can do is rely on the experts.
I have no doubt that the average film director knows more about prostitutes than a 14-year-old girl...
My point ... she was an object in this movie, and, in my opinion, that role did not deserve the attention it got. But I would say that movie didn't deserve the attention it got either.
shareThe only point you have made is at the top of your head
shareYou're a minority of one. Critics raved about her mature performance. "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" mentions DeNiro treated Jodie like a queen but Cybil Shepherd like dirt because he only liked working with talented people, not people who didn't know what they were doing and showed no professionalism. Foster was a full-grown adult at 13. She would have been Princess Leia if her mother hadn't reminded her it was better for her to honor her three picture deal with Disney. That turned out to be sound advice in the long run.
share> Foster was a full-grown adult at 13.
No one is a full-grown adult at 13. Most full-grown adults are not full-grown adults. You can see that here.
Just to remind you that you have no idea what people think of my comment, i.e. "a minority of one". Most people are terrified of the BS mean remarks they will get here from the aholes are so quick to make so they avoid it. Your comment was mild, but you are adjacent to that.
A bright child of 12 can know what's a prostitute and can play the role. She did bring to it her awareness as a child. It added to the conundrum. How is that not acting?
shareIt takes a great actor to believably portray someone they are not. Great directing certainly contribute to great acting. I'm not sure what your problem is.
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Foster (according to IMDB) shadowed a prostitute as part of her preparation for the role. What part of her role as a 12 year old whore did you find unconvincing? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/trivia/?ref_=ttfc_ql_trv_1
share> Foster (according to IMDB) shadowed a prostitute as part of her preparation for the role.
Sounds like it scarred her for life and turned her gay.
Because we didn't have the internet back then to analyze stuff like this and actually enjoyed the movie and didn't think of stuff like this
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